[23] Ibidem, p. 68, and Mackintosh, Report in the Rāmosis, India Office Tracts, p. 77.
[24] Hobson-Jobson, s.v. Cranny.
[25] Hobson-Jobson, p. 167.
[26] Memoir of Central India, loc. cit.
[27] Hindus of Gujarāt, p. 60.
[28] Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Bengal Kāyasth. The Kāyasths deny the story that the five Kāyasths were servants of the five Brāhmans, and say that they were Kshatriyas sent on a mission from the king of Kanauj to the king of Bengal. This, however, is improbable in view of the evidence already given as to the historical status of the Kāyasths.
[29] Tribes and Castes, ibidem.
[30] Hindu Castes and Sects, p. 155.
[31] Ibidem, pp. 375, 380.
[32] See articles on Ghasia and Dhobi.