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the insertion of short biographical notes on the most distin- 
which trace their origin to Sihd, is a very simple an the 
same time a very convenient one. Each generation, ete: 
from Sihd who represents the first generation, is mar ya 
progressive number both in the main line and in the yeh: 
lines, and this number is prefixed to each name in the different 
lists, so that it is possible to know at once to which generation 
a particular individual belongs. The first to be treated is, 
degree of seniority of each line. In some cases, however, the 
lateral lines were given in an ascending order, i.e. instead of 
inverted order. This irrational arrangement was, I believe, 
introduced with the object of bringing into greater prominence 
the lines and the individuals more closely related to the 
sovereign ruling at the time, and there can be no doubt that 
the original arrangement was according to the chronological or 
descending order, but that res ascending system was intro- 
duced pretty early is shown b a Jodhpur pidhiyavala of the 
time of maharaja Jasavanta Singha I (later half of the seven- 
teenth century A.D.), in which it is adopted.! 
whom were the pidhiyavalis a 86S ? From the fact 
that the prasastis of the early Rajput period were composed 
by — = that the modern genealogists of Rajputana are 
still known under the name of : ‘ Bhata,”’ which is the sa 
word, it wOiia seem, from the evidence of this name, that the 
profession of a bhatta o t bhata has continued uninterruptedly 
from those early times Pe the present day, and consequently 
the Bhatas ought to be the authors of the pidhiyavalis. But if 
we compare the rough, disconnected, unintelligible genealogical 
lists kept by the Bhatas to-day with the orderly and accurate 
pidhiyavalis of three — ago, we can sc arcely believe that 
these could have been made by their ancestors. Anyhow, it 
is certain that, as far.as the Rathoras are concerned, they had 
also one or more Jain Jatis who kept regular records of the 
family, and these Jatis are possibly entitled to some credit for 
the compilation of the pidhiyavalis. Another thing, which 
seems equally certain, is that the pidhiyivalis we know so far, 
| Descr. Cat. of Bard. and Histl. MSS., sect. i, pt. i, MS. 18, pp. 59-63. 
