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westward, and especially at Jaypur. The whole of Mewar and Mdrwar 

 is strewed with remains of the sacred edifices of this sect. 



The Jains of the South of India, as has been observed, are divided 

 into castes : this is not the case in Upper Hindustan, where they are all of 

 one caste, or, which is the same thing, of none. They are nevertheless 

 equally tenacious of similar distinctions, and not only refuse to mix with 

 other classes, but recognise a number of orders amongst themselves, 

 between which no intermarriages can take place, and many of whom 

 cannot eat together. This classification is the Gachcha or Got, the family 

 or race, which has been substituted for the Verna, the Jdti, or caste. Of 

 these Gachchas, or family divisions, they admit eighty-four,* and these 



* The following are the appellations of the 



eighty-four Gachchas : 





Khandewdl. 



Natila. 



Dhaktha, 



[ Bikriya. 



Porwdl. 



Mothiya. 



Vaisya. 



Bidyabya. 



Agarwdl. 



Tattora. 



Ndgdhdr. 



Bersdri. 



Jaiswdl. 



Bdgerwdl. 



Por. 



Astaki. 



Barihiya. 



Harsola. 



Surendra. 



Ashtadhdr. 



Goldl. 



Sriguru. 



Kadaya. 



Paivardbhi. 



Gajapurbi. 



Jolura. 



Kdhari. 



Dhakkachdla. 



SrimdL 



Gahahhanduja. 



Soniya. 



Bogosri. 



Batiswdl, or Osiodl. 



Chordiya. 



Sorathiya. 



Naraya. 



Porw&r. 



Bhungeriwdl. 



Rdjiya. 



Korghdriya. 



Palliwdl. 



Brahmald. 



Maya. 



Bain iriya. 



Danderwdl. 



Bedvja. 



Kammeha. 



Seksantdnya. 



Himmdrgujerdti. 



Bdhariya. 



Bhangela. 



Andndi. 



Bttramora. 



Goguwdl. 



Gangarda, 



Ndgora. 



Kharawa. 



Andaluja. 



Mar key a. 



Tattora. 



Labeehu. 



Gogayya. 



Motwdl. 



Pdkhastya. 



Khandoya. 



Mandaluja. 



Swetwdl. 



Sacchora. 



Kathnora. 



Pancham. 



Chahkichap. 



Jannord. 



Kabliya. 



Somabansibogar. 



Khandarya. 



Nemildra. 



Kapola. 



Chaturtha. 



Narischya. 



Gandoriya. 



Nadila. 



Hardar. 



Bimongai. 



Dhawaljoti. 



Some of these are well known, hut many of the others are never met with. The list was fur- 

 nished by a respectable Yati — but how far it is throughout genuine, I cannot pretend to say. It 

 omits several Gachchas of celebrity, particularly the Chandra and Khertara. 



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