[8] Tribes and Castes of Bengal, art. Māli.
[9] Brief View of the Caste System, p. 15.
[10] La Cité antique, 21st ed., p. 181.
[11] The Antiquity of Oriental Carpets, Sir G. Birdwood (Society of Arts, 6th November 1908).
[12] The derivations of chaplet and rosary are taken from Ogilvy’s Dictionary.
[13] Bālāghāt District Gazetteer (C.E. Low), para. 59.
[14] Ibidem, loc. cit.
[15] Bālāghāt District Gazetteer, para. 59.
[16] Hindu Castes, vol. i. p. 327.
[17] Bālāghāt District Gazetteer, loc. cit.