1 ’ e° 5 p x
2 111
3 <§L
4 The Muhammadan Bundrs.
5 443
6 And numbers 1—5 of these will not ‘ intermarry ’ with numbers 6 —S.
7 (1. Batta
8 4. Malpani)
9 ] 2. Suchcha
10 5. Battan [ of Uttaradhi status
11 (3. Dhaneja
12 6. Ragti )
13 7. Chandpul
14 8 . Taramina > of Dakhna status, also called Kirar.
15 9. Lodar j
16 Sub-group ii, Arova
17 And numbers 1 — 6 of these will not ‘ intermarry ’ with numbers 7 — 9.
18 The Tdnk sub-caste worships the snake as an emblem of tho Ndg or
19 Tiikshak, the founder of the Ndg-bausi or Tdnk-bansi family, and'ono
20 of their sections is called Ndgi. It is churned that several of the
21 Bunjdhi sections also correspond to sections of the Bunjdhi Kliatris.
22 Such are the Mittu, Vaid, Dhir, Mittu. Bholai or-Bhalai, etc.
23 The Pajji section gives the following account of itself. When the
24 Raja of Lahore sent for warriors from Rdjputdna to oppose the
25 Moslems, Pajji, a Mair Rdjput, came and when the war was over
26 settled at Pipanagari, now Pipndkli, a town which he and other Rdjputs
27 founded. 'I he other Rdjputs turned Muhammadans and their descen
28 dants the Chima and Chatta Jd^s arc still found there. But Pajji’s
29 letniiined Hindus and spread in all directions. Tenth in descent from
30 Pajji was Rai Budho Mai, a charitable and mighty Rdjput,
31 liahin itir puchhendya ra Jagat Budho P a jji da
32 Hathon deven ran charh&n, cnhin gallin vu jji da
33 Banka chhail suhana tera gdna bahin su jji da
34 Koi dharkon, hoi parkon Hai Budlw da Pipmakha
35 Shah Sulemdn vadiran laga din din vadhe dahaka.
36 “ Bards ask in tho way: verily, tho world belongs to Budho Pajji:
37 You give charity (lit. give from your hand) and fight battles :
38 Those are acts to win fame.
39 It is very beautiful, your bracelet of the right hand.
40 Some from hero, others from thero; but Rai Budho is of Pipnikha.
41 Shah Sulaimdn praises, and (your posterity) increases by tens.’’
42 Tho bracelet or gdna, as it is called in the Punjab, was a mark of
43 liberality. Rai Budho is known to every child in Pipndkha. His
44 samddhi stands in the crematorium of Pipndkha to the exclusion of any
45 other samddhi and at every Diwdli all the mombers of this family
46 illuminate his tomb.
47 The only territorial groups appear to be found in Hissdr where the
48 Sundrs aro divided into Desi (who can do tino work) and Bdgri (who
49 cannot). But in Delhi we find two social groups, the Desi who practise
50 karewa and the Deswdld who avoid it, with territorial names. The
51 latter rank immediately below the Bdnia.*
52 The Muhammadan Sundrs in Midnwali have the following sections :—
53 Bdlidr, also found in Peshawar.
54 Dhalld.
55 Dharna,t in Dera Ismail Kltdn also.
56 Gharwdl, in PosMwar also.
57 Jaujd.
58 Kakal.
59 * N. I. N. Q. I. 950.
60 t The three sections found in Dora Tsiuail are all Arora oofs also, and are said to ljD' 6
61 come from the Chen&b valley in Jhang.
62 ,
63 *