The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1

by R. V. Russell

[23] Wilson, p. 140, quoting from Atharva Veda, iv. 32. 1.

[24] Wilson, p. 211.

[25] Wilson, Indian Caste, referring to Ptolemy, vii. 1. 61 and vi. 120. 3.

[26] Wilson, pp. 113, 114.

[27] See for the impure castes para. 40 post.

[28] The word “aboriginal” is used here for convenience and not as conveying any assertion as to the origin of the pre-Aryan population.

[29] Bombay Gazetteer, Pārsis of Gujarāt, p. 213.

[30] Rig-Veda, 6. 3. 16, quoted by Wilson, Indian Caste, p. 110.

[31] Wilson, p. 109.

[32] Monier-Williams, Sanskrit Dictionary, pointed out by Mr. Crooke.