[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.