OF BHAKATAVARSA OR INDIA. 
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occur simultaneously. There is no reason for supposing that 
Gauda is an antiquated Sanskrit formation ; it was origi- 
nally not Sanskrit at all, though it was received in course 
of time into the Sanskrit vocabulary. So far from being 
antiquated, it is still used in popular language. The modern 
Gaudas have formed themselves into a separate clan, the 
greater part of which dwells at present in Southern India. 
The chief of a village, even when the principal villagers do 
not belong to the Gauda caste, is in Mysore and its neigh- 
bouring districts now generally called the Gaudan. It must 
not, however, be overlooked that in spite of this fact the 
term Gauda has a tribal meaning and was probably given 
to the headman of a village community in consequence of the 
honorable position the Gaudas occupied in the estimation 
of the population. According to the last Census report 
259,110 Gaudas live in Mysore alone, and 4,387 in the 
of Sravasti have actually been discovered in the district of Gauda, which is 
the Gonda of the maps. The extent of Gauda is also proved by the old name 
of Balrampur on the Rapti, which was formerly Rdmgarh Gauda." 
Compare also vol. XXI, p. 13 : " Gonda (or Goda) is a large flourishing 
village . . 13 miles from Karwi. . .To the east of the village, . there is a pair 
of old temples., known as ChandeU Mandar, or the ' C'handeli temples,' as all 
the old buildings are designated throughout Bundelkhand." See further, 
vol. IX, p. 151 : " The name of Gond is simply a corruption of Gauda. 
In the northern Gauda, or Uttara Kosala, the chief town is still named 
Gauda, vrhxch. the Muhammadans before^s corrupted to Gonda. On the finger- 
posts leading to the place, the Nagarl JTT^ Gauda and the English Gonda are 
placed side by side. 1 spent several months in the Central Provinces, and 
I never once heard the aborigines called Gond, but always Gor. Now, as 
Gauda is a pure Sanskrit word, it would seem that this was not their true 
name, and that it must have been derived from the country in which they 
dwelt. This appears the more probable when we learn that they do not call 
themselves either Gond or Gor, but Ko'itur. It is also strongly confirmed by 
the fact that there are no Gonds in the northern Gauda, or Uttara Kosala, and 
none in the eastern Gauda or western Bengal . . My explanation of Gauda 
as a geographical term, which gave its name to the Gond people, instead of 
having received it from them, ia still confirmed by the fact that numerous 
temples which are said to have been built by the Gouds, were certainly not 
erected by them." Sir A. Cunningham overlooks that Koitur, the name 
•which the Gonds give to themselves, is in reality identical with Gond, 
see p. 121. 
