The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

by R. V. Russell

[7] Monograph on the Banjāra Clan, p. 8.

[8] Hindus of Gujarāt, p. 214 et seq.

[9] Rājasthān, i. 602.

[10] Ibidem, ii. 570, 573.

[11] This custom does not necessarily indicate a special connection between the Banjāras and Chārans, as it is common to several castes in Rājputāna; but it indicates that the Banjāras came from Rājputāna. Banjāra men also frequently wear the hair long, down to the neck, which is another custom of Rājputāna.

[12] Jungle Life in India, p. 517.

[13] Berār Census Report (1881), p. 152.

[14] Bombay Gazetteer, Hindus of Gujarāt.

[15] Letter on the Marāthas (1798), p. 67, India Office Tracts.

[16] Army of the Indian Mughals, p. 192.