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.language, Bhatton-ki-sara, or Bhatton-ca-sai^a, the 

 pool of the Bhats. Bhatton is the pkiral form from 

 Bhat, and hi or ca the mark of the possessive case ; 

 aiid sara is a pool or lake. Bhatton-ca-sara is ac- 

 cording to the idiom of the dialect about T>illi', but 

 at Lahore, and in the Panjab, they would say Bhatt' 

 yan-da-sara ; for as they say there Bkatti for Bhat, 

 the plural form is then Bhattijanh with a nasal w, 

 and da or r// are the usual marks of the possessive 

 case with them. Bhattyan-da, is also a derivative 

 form, implying as much as belonging to the Bhattis, 

 and is synonymous with Bhattyaleh. From the 

 situation assigned to it by Ptolemy, I suppose it to 

 be the same place which is called Bhattinda, to the 

 N. N. E. of Bhat-nere. The Bhattis are shepherds, 

 and various tribes of them are found in the Panjab ; 

 and they also inhabit the high grounds to the east of 

 the Indus, from the sea to Uch. These tribes are 

 called Ashambhetty in the Ayin-Acberi ; but several 

 weU informed men, who had long resided in that 

 countr}^ say that the true pronunciation is Acsham- 

 Bhatti : which implies the many troops or bands of 

 the Bhattis ; because they go by troops selected from 

 various tribes or families. 



Manes gave himself oat^ as the Christ, and had 

 also twelve disciples ; and, in the character of 

 Christ, he became 'Sa'liva'hana in India. He 

 had three disciples exalted above the rest, and their 

 names were Budda or Addas, Hermas orHERMiAs, 

 and Thomas ; which I conceive to be the same with 

 Bhat, Maya or Moye, and Thaima'z or Tha maz', 

 the supposed sons, or father disciples, of Sa liva- 

 HANA. In the seventh century, there were Christians 

 at Serinda, or Ser-Hind, with a monastery ; and two 

 monks from that place, at the command of the em- 

 peror Justinian, carried silk worms, or rather their 

 eggs, to Constant ifiople, 



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