218 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (June, 1906. 
extent than they had done before. Thus two antagonistic and 
powerful influences were brought to bear on the clans, whose 
difference in religion, had, so far, been one simply in name, The 
breach which had been caused by the unfortunate difference 
w d to 
forward with a certain degree of celerity. Matters had gone 
too far to be allowed to stand still any longer. 
15, Thetime had come for the Rawats to decide whether they 
would continue their old social customs or 
The Meeting of not, and those who were engineering the 
Rawats in the Sri- jovement decided, it seems, on the latter 
in Ajmer in April Course. It became necessary to show by 
1902. 80 
toms were to be abandoned, Accordingly, 
on the 18th April 1902, a meeting of about 250 Rawats, some of 
whom were from Merwara, took place in the Srinagar Police 
Circle, in the Ajmer district, at which it was proposed that 
Rawats were not to give their daughters in marriage to Chitas, of 
whom Merats are a subdivision, as they were Muhammadans. The 
16. In May 1902 the Coronation Contingent went to ag 
The ent from the 44th Merwara /2- 
contingents fantry, then the Merwara Battalion, consist- 
England 
appears to have accentuated the difference. The Rawats, it is said, 
on instead of bare-headed and wearing only a dhoti, Further- 
more, the Rawats and Merats used to eat together, it is said, and 
how ‘“ Rajputs 
ajpu 
professed Hindui y 
religion, sit m, they were, really, in the matter of caste an 
8 e 
“fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring” in the 
