B54 Lieut.-Colonel Mixes on the Jainas of Gujerat and Mdrwar 
the majority of the tribes of Vanyas in Gujerat, were invited to meet them 
there. It so happened, that when they were assembled, some envious or 
factious person among the Vésds, or those most perfect in their descent, 
maliciously upbraided his hosts with their illegitimacy, and refused to eat 
with them. This demur appears to have been fatal to their union, for after 
many ineffectual attempts made by them to remove his objections, he suc- 
ceeded in persuading the whole of the Visds to follow his example, and they 
retired from the feast; the Visds and Dassds, therefore, have ever since 
remained distinct. 
The Dassd S'rimdlis and Pércwers in the northern parts of Gujerat are 
partly Hindts and partly Jainas. Itis a remarkable fact, that whichever faith 
they may profess, they, in common with the Dassd O’sawdls, all intermarry. 
The Hind husband pays his devotions to ManApéva, at the T’hdcurdwara, 
while his wife attends the reading and preaching of the Jatis, at their 
apasdras [apasrayas? | or monasteries. The S’rimdlis, O'sawdls, and Pérewars, 
are numerous in almost all the large towns of northern Hindustan. 
From another account by a Hindu genealogist, it is said S’rimal or Bhin- 
mal was originally a very large city and contained many thousand families 
of these tribes. A famine which desolated Mar war at some remote period, 
caused their separation, and those who emigrated northward took the name 
of O'sawdls. Those who went eastward were called Pérewars, and a num- 
ber of a rather inferior tribe, who migrated to the south and to Bengal, 
where they still reside, were called Dévid' his. Those who remained in 
Bhinmil retained the name of S/rimdlis; a number of the inhabitants of 
S'rimal, who are considered Vanyas and included in their list of tribes, were 
denominated Sénis or goldsmiths. Of these there are two tribes: those 
who departed from S/rimal on this occasion are called Tdgar Sénis, and 
those who remained S’rimuali Souis. . 
4. The Méde, More, Mohr, or Mohria tribe. This tribe is composed of 
Hindus and Jainas. 
5. The Khardita tribe consists mostly of Jainas. 
6. The Lar is a Hindu tribe. 
7. The Vayra comprises both Hindus and Jainas. 
8. The A’ggarwil tribe. This is said to be the most numerous of all the 
tribes of Vanyas; it is partly Hindti and partly Jaina. The Jainas are of 
both the S’wé/dmbara and Digambara sects; they reside chiefly in the 
north-western parts of Hindustan. 
