1 JAT, RAJPUT, AND ALLIED CASTES 123
2 is toll in lull detail at pages 1 to 10 aud 546 to o-lS uf GrifBu's Paiijdb Rajas ; indeed the whole
3 book is a political histoi'y of the descendants of Sidliu ; while the leading minor families are noticed
4 at pages 429 \o 436 of his Panjdh Chiefs. Some further details of their early anccsti'v will be
5 found at page 8 of the HisJar Settlement Report. The original home of the tribe was the Malwa,
6 and it is still there that they are found in large-;t numbers. But they have also spread across the
7 Satluj into Lahore, Amritsar, Jalandhar, and other districts. The liarar who are shown in the
8 Abstract have returned themselves as Sidhu Rarar in the Native States aud, to the number of 4,220,
9 in Firozpur, and as Rai Barar in Giu'gaon, The rest are returned as Barar simply. Sidhu Carar
10 and Barar are synonymous ; but whether I have done righly in including the Gurgaon Rai Barar I
11 cannot say. Moreover, 26,915 persons in Fi'rozpur and 2.358 in Nabha have returned their tribe
12 as Sidhu and their clan as Barar, and are included in both columns, thus appearing twice over in
13 the Abstract. Mr. Brandreth thus describes the Barar of Fi'rozpur : —
14 " The ISarars are said to have been Bhatti Rajputs, of tlie same family as the Rajputs
15 " of Jaisalmer, where their original home was. The name of their ancestor was Sidhu, whose
16 " grandson was named Barar, whence they are called indifferently both Sidhu and Barar.
17 " Either Barar or some descendant of his migrated to Bhatinda, whence his offspring
18 " spread over the neighbouring lands, and are now in possession of a very large tract of
19 " country. They occupy almost the whole of ilaquas Mari, Miidki, Jlokatsar, Bhiichou, Mehraj,
20 " Sultan Khan, and Bliudaur in this district, the whole of Faridkot, a gi-eat part of Patiala, Nabha,
21 " Jhumbha and Mallaudh. The Chiefs of all these states belong to the same family. The Bhattis
22 "of Sirsa who embraced Muhammadanism were also originaUy Bhatti Rajput-, and related to the
23 " Barars, hut their descent is traced to some common ancestor before the time of Sidhu.
24 " The Barars are not equal to the other tribes of Jat< as cultivators. They wear finer clothes
25 "and consider themselves a more dlu-strious race. Many of them were desperate dacoits in fonner
26 " years, and all tlie most notorioiis criminals of this description that have been apprehended and
27 " brought to justice under our rule were Barars. Female Infanticide is said to have been practised
28 " among them to a great extent in fonner times. I am told that a few years ago there was scarcely
29 " a young girl to be found in any of the Barar villages. This crime is said to have originated in a
30 " deceit that was once practised upon one of the chiefs of JCabha by which his daughter was
31 " betrothed tu a man of an inferior tribe ; and though he considered liimself bound to complete the
32 " marriage, subsequently entered into an agreement witli all his tribe to put to death all the
33 " daughters that should be born to them liereafter, in order to pre\eut the possibility of such a
34 " disgrace occm'ring again.
35 " From all accounts, however, this horrid pi'actice has been almost entirely discontinued of late
36 " years, aud I can detect no difference now between the proportionate number of female children
37 ■' in the Barar \illages and in villages inhabited by other castes."
38 , The Dhariwai(No. 16(.— The Dhariwal, Dhaniwal, or Dhah'wal for tlic name is spelt in all
39 three ways, are also said to be Bhatti Rajputs, and to take their name from theli' place of origin
40 Daranagar. They say that Akbar married the daughter of their Chief Mahr Mithra. They are
41 found cliiefly on the Upper Satluj aud in the fertile district to the west, theii- head-quarters "being
42 the north-western corner of the Malwa, or Ludhiana, Fi'rozpur, and the adjoining parts of Patiala.
43 Mr. Braudi'eth describes them as splenilid eviltivators, and the most peaceful and contented portion
44 of the population of the tract.
45 The Sara (No. 17). — The Sara Jats are, so far as our figures go, chiefly found in the Upper
46 Maliva, in Li'ulhiana, Faridkot, and the intervening country ; but they also have crossed the Satluj
47 into the fertile district to the north-west. Tliey are said to be descended from a Bhatti Rajput
48 who 13 generations ago left the Malwa and settled in Gujranwala. But another tradition traces
49 them to Raja Salon (? Salva'ian), a Lunar Rajput wlio livel in Jammu, and wliose two sons Sara
50 and Basra were the eponymous ancestors of two Jat tribes. I presume that tliey are distinct from
51 the Sarai noticed under Jats of the western sub-montane.
52 The Mangat (So. 18). —The Mangat would appear from our figures to be almost confined to
53 Ludhiana aud the adjoining portion of Patiala. I have no information to give about them, unless
54 indeed they are the same as the Man, described under Jats of eastern sub-montaue.
55 The Dhindsa (No. 19), — The Dluudsa would appear to be confined to Ambala, Ludhiana, and
56 (he adjoining portion of Patiala. They claim to be descended from Saroha Rajputs.
57 The Gandhi (No. 20).— The Gandhi seem to be chiefly found in the same tract with the
58 I " [' ' ^'^vt them "\sr« T lift.v.o no particulars to give.
59 __}_ I L ? of the largest .7at tribes in the Province.
60 ■ : : : ". numerous in Ambala and Liidliiana,
61 r west asGujranwala aiidSialkot.
62 'una, Cluma, and Sahi. aud tliat
63 ,_^ ;ir ovi^'-nl ' ■ ~ ^ was Malwa,
64 ^ 1. g, their ancestor was a Tiinwar
65 j<! 5 § = ^ ''•>'■ Kahlor. His son Birsi married
66 S S -^1 J;&bar, and founded the tribe.