Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1886

The type of both the silver and copper coins of Kunanda is very constant so far as the general design goes though the copper coins vary considerably in size weight and execution while the dies of the more1G2 W. Theobald—Arote on Some of the Symbols [No. [...] (8) The craft of serpent-charming in the East probably from the very beginning contributed a powerful adjunct towards securing the attention and exciting the astonishment of the vulgar whether used as an accessory to the unpretentious contents of the juggler's wallet or the more advanced mechanical appliances* of prfeisors of magic—who among so many ancient nations progressively advanced the [...] The younger brother can marry the widow of the elder but a woman cannot become the wife of her sister's son : the other rules of Nita (widow-marriage) all hold good in the case of the Parihars. [...] The accounts of the origin of the Minds given in the foregoing pages according to the views expressed by well-informed people of that tribe and the traditions of the bards are in my opinion not correct seeing that mistakes generally occur in the records kept by the latter except so far as the genealogies comprised in a period of nearly the last three centuries are concerned. [...] - (2) Moreover the fact of the Minfis of the 1Cherars being the result of a union between the Gujars and the Mews is confirmed by the following similarities between them and the Gnjars: (a) Similarities in appearance and customs.