[6] Elliot, ibidem.

[7] Bombay Monograph on Ahir.

[8] Elliot, ibidem.

[9] Central Provinces Gazetteer (1871), Introduction.

[10] Linguistic Survey of India, vol. ix. part ii. p. 50.

[11] Bombay Ethnographic Survey.

[12] Quoted in Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Goāla.

[13] Rājasthān, ii. p. 639.

[14] Gokul was the place where Krishna was brought up, and the Gokulastha Gosains are his special devotees.

[15] Behind the Bungalow.