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scent. For instance, we find among them Solan- kis, Châvadás, Jhâlâs, Vaghelas, &c. The Hindus consider themselves polluted by their touch. Their profession is that of weavers, cobblers, wood-splitters, and tanners. They also take the hides and entrails from the carcasses of dead animals. They are also called Megh v Als, and serve as guides to government officers.
Gagdas (TTT)-Miyânâs.
Gå ha s (er) are said to belong to Dhang, and reside in Abdå så.
Gaja ņs (TTT)-An offshoot of the earlier Jadejas, descended from Gajanji, the fourth in descent from Lakha Jadeja. Originally mul- grâssias, but at present Muhammadan converts.
Ghcsa (drer)--A sub-tribe of Miyânâs.
Girnârâs (FERT-A large and wealthy class of Brahmans, originally from Junagadh.
Gohels (R 1-There are only two houses in Kachh of pure Gohel Rajpat blood, the rest being Khav å sas.
Gujar Rajputs (TTTTTT)-When the Vaghelås came into Kachh the Gujar Rajpûts accompanied them, and it was chiefly through their assistance that they became masters of that part of the country, as a reward for which they obtained the right of tilling the land. They subsequently defended the Vaghelås from invasions from without. They are found in the Vaghelâ towns of Godi, Palas wa, Jatavå da,ela, Lodra ņi, Umio, San v â, &c., where they live by cultivating lands. They are of the following races :-Mak vânî, Chanesar, K bod, Chá vada, Chahu v û n, Gohel, Umat, Dudia, D A bhi, Padaria, Chånd, Par må r, Tank (Tuar), &c. They have no objection to the remarriage of their widows, as also to the appearance of their women in public.
Halas (TTT)-An earlier offshoot of the JAdejas, descended from Gajanji, fourth in descent from Jam Lakha the Jadeja. Halaji was the second son of Gajanji, who, after a long struggle with the descendants of Manki (who are called Kers, from his having killed his brother Unad in Sindh), subdued all the villages in the south, middle, and west of Kachh. Jam Râval was
descended from this Háláji, who conquered the western part of Kathiâwâd from the Jethvâs, and gave it the name of Halår, where he founded the town of Nowânagar and made it his capital The J & m of Nowânagar is descended from him. Those who remained in Kachh are in enjoyment of some villages as their gi' in the districts of Kanthi and Hâlâchoi.
Hale potrà (ETTET), Narangpoire ( FOTO )--Sindhi Muhammadans in Banni. ___Hiiigori (हिंगोरा) Hiiigorji(हिंगोरजा)Muhammadan tribes from Sindh.
Hothis (Erfts- Descendants of Hothiji, the brother of Gajanji. They are Mulgrassiâs, and reside in villages about Lakhpat, as also in Reha, Jambudi, Tumbadi, &c., in Kânthi.
Jadis (Grat)-An offshoot of the earlier Jadejâs, now reckoned among the Dhangs.
Jadejas (HTI) -The chief ruling race, who claim to be descended from Krich, belonged to the Yâdava tribe. They were probably driven or went out of India after the Yadavasthali, or civil war among the Yadavas, and after many adventures, as they allege, in Egypt and Arabia, came to Ghazni, where they killed the reigning emperor Feruzshah, and ascended the throne. They were, however, deposed by Sultanshah, the son of Feruzshah. After wandering for some time they settled under Jam Lakhiar in Nagar Samai, in Sindh, whence Mod and Manâ i, after killing their brother U nad in order to obtain the throne, were obliged to flee into Kachh, where their relative Wagam Chavadà was reigning; here also they killed Wå gam Ch à va då, rednced the soven Vagheli tribes (सात सांध वाधेला), and obtained possession of the province. After five reigns the line became extinct, and Kachh was in the hands of the rulers of Anahillapatan for some time; but about Samvat 1204, Lâk hâ, the son of Ja d (whence the name J ad ej as), came into Kachh, and gave name to the reigning tribe.
Jats (a)T-A pastoral tribe originally from Aleppo in Turley. Once they held some part of Kachh as rulers, but were driven by the Jádejâs into Warai and Bajânâ, where they rule
1 Tod's Rajasthan, vol. I. p. 114.-ED.
Vilson's Infanticide, pp. 318.-ED. | Tod's Rajasthan, vol. I. p. 86; Elliot's Hist. vol. I. pp. 817,495; Burnes's Narrative, &c. pp. 147, 232: Postans'e Outch, pp. 131ff; Trans. Bom. Lit. Soc. vol. II. pp. 220, 224; Wilson's Infanticide, &c.-ED.
Conf. Ind. Ant. vol. III. p. 227; Tieffenthaler's Desc. de l'Inde, II. 206; Elliot's Races, vol. 1. pp. 130, 179, 2999ff., Hist. vol. I. pp. 104, 119, 151, 190; Tod's Rajasthan, vol. I. p. 106, vol. II, pp. 370, 431; Cunningham's Arch. Rep. vol. II. pp. 50, 54ff.-ED.
