“The Jaitwas of Rajputana, a tribe politically reckoned as Rajputs, nevertheless trace their descent from the monkey-god Hanuman, and confirm it by alleging that their princes still bear its evidence in a tail-like prolongation of the spine; a tradition which has probably a real ethnological meaning, pointing out the Jaitwas as of non-Aryan race.”[1040] Tylor's Primitive Culture, Vol. I. p. 341.
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The names of peoples occurring in the following ślokas are omitted in the metrical translation:
“Go to the Brahmamálas,[1041] the Videhas,[1042] the Málavas,[1043] the Káśikośalas,[1044] the Mágadnas,[1045] the Puṇḍras,[1046] and the Angas,[1047] and the land of the weavers of silk, and the land of the mines of silver, and the hills that stretch into the sea, and the towns and the hamlets that are about the top of Mandar, and the Karṇaprávaraṇas,[1048] and the Oshṭhakarṇakas,[1049] and the Ghoralohamukhas,[1050] and the [pg 549] swift Ekapádakas,[1051] and the strong imperishable Eaters of Men, and the Kirátas[1052] with stiff hair-tufts, men like gold and fair to look upon: And the Eaters of Raw Fish, and the Kirátas who dwell in islands, and the fierce Tiger-men[1053] who live amid the waters.”
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“Go to the Vidarbhas[1054] and the Rishṭikas[1055] and the Mahishikas,[1056] and the Matsyas[1057] and Kalingas[1058] and the Kauśikas[1059] … and the Andhras[1060] and the Puṇḍras[1061] and the Cholas[1062] and the Paṇḍyas[1063] and the Keralas,[1064] [pg 550] Mlechchhas[1065] and the Pulindas[1066] and the Śúrasenas,[1067] and the Prasthalas and the Bharatas and Madrakas[1068] and the Kámbojas[1069] and the Yavanas[1070] and the towns of the Śakas[1071] and the Varadas.”[1072]