1 ^^* PANJAB CASTES.
2 '';„trflffh-*'''^.T^'"l?M°^"^*' P-"i^^^^ '^^ing of various castes, though
3 geneia ly I beheve either Brahmans or Kayaths. But ia the Panjab there is a
4 distinct criminal tribe known as Baugali, who are said to have emigrated from
5 Hushyarpur to kangra in which district they are chielly to be found. They
6 are not registered under the Criminal Tribes Act. None of these people have
7 tYrstm*^/" <^- Census tables as Banguli by caste; and as th y L some-
8 times said to be a Sans, clan and as the word Bangdli seems to be applied
9 n some dis nets o all Kanjars and in others to all Sipadas or snake-chafE!
10 Xl' ¥i'tr^^^'-*^ 1* % ^^''S}'^ Bangalis are not a separate caste. I see that in
11 wn-f.« «i7'T ^v-''l'' l^^vebeen included with Sansis. Mr. Christie
12 w tLs. ihc Baugalis have very probably been included with Jogis in
13 ^^ he returns. There are a vagrant tribe of immigrants from Bengal. Thev
14 keep dogs and donkeys and exhibit snakes, eat all sorts of vermin, and have
15 "selves T^ ■ °r°-- T^f'-.^^r''^ ^^'^°^*^' ^"^ff' ^^^ prostitute them-
16 ^^ selves, i hey are not criminals in the ordinary sense, but are in the habit
17 otkidnappmg boysto sell to Hindu mahants {sic). The name is also
18 "applied generally to Musalman jugglers. ^^
19 ,fJ^% °''*''' "™'?^' *"»'e5— Tlie Tagus of Karmil and the upper r^.r/^.
20 ottht b^mges and Jamna are admittedly Brahmans, and have probably
21 haral'trT^rf,"^^- ^f?*^'^ merely used to' denote a sel-tion Ji
22 that caste which has taken to picking pockets and petty theft. Thev steal
23 Tht h^.ve'I f T K^'"^? tf^'"- women. They wear theia;... or sacred {bread,
24 ihty have lately been cleclared under the Criminal Tribes Act. They must be
25 distinguished mm the Tagas, also a Brah,ninical tribe of the same part"
26 who aie peaceful agriclturists. It is said that the name is properly Tak^, but
27 lagu is the form m common use. r- i j ,
28 B^Ju^ Gurmangs are an insignificant class of criminals found in the
29 Rawalpindi district, where some of them are registered as criminals. They
30 lh?,°. ?r'' '". '''"■ ''*^'"'^ "°'' "^'^ ^ '-''y ^^'i^^'i- what caste they have
31 letm'uecl themselves.
32 .ectiJn^'59?rm,(?°\?^"^''p%/^'n' ^°'' *^ """ ^^^ "^'^ ^l^^"'-'^! i-^
33 stction. oJ7 to 6U0 Many of the Dumnas of the Jammu hills and the there
34 itear ri .^^ ^ '^v'^ *^"] '''' P^'^f^^^i-^"-! tl^-vcs. Of criminal Chuhi4s
35 appear to be two distinct classes, those of the Dehli territory and those
36 ^ec'iHal- to S " '^"''"''' '"'^ '^ ^^^"^ ^^^^^ ^ ^i-*« ^'^^^
37 often^W.^"*""/^''*'"^- ^^l ^"^'^ ^''''^ '^''^'''^'^^ ^^ section 528, and ai-e
38 n!l n/fl '^ "^^ >:raainals. In fact the same may be said of almost every
39 one of the lowest castes, as well as of the vagrant classes next to be discus^Id.^
40 THE GIPSY TRIBES.
41 ionJZ\^^'^l^'J^f.''-~7^'^'^''y^''^'''^'' ''^^'^ the figures will be
42 from tho;^S r f T.^^' '^'^'°''^' l^""'-' * ^'' ^^i-^^ly to be distinguished *P.
43 tiom those whom I called the wandering and criminal tribes. They too are S7
44 I^g^l^ntsancUutcasts, and they too are hereditary workers in grass, Saw, and