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naturally provide a raised support, mucli of the character of the symbol in 
question on the coins, so that the birds, when feeding, might be safe from 
the attack of any beast of prey in ambush near them, and such an altar 
for the reception of food, is in strict accord with the other symbols with 
which it is associated. To those who have not seen the symbol, it may 
be roughly described as resembling a flower-pot elevated on a pole, 
but whether the intention is to represent a partially hollow receptacle or 
not, is neither very clear nor very material. 
The archaic form of the symbol supports, or, at all events, does not 
militate against the explanation now offered. It consists of an upright 
y supporting a cup-shaped vessel, not improbably representing the beg¬ 
ging bowl of a Buddhist monk. 
On one side of this vessel are two appendages forming a < the 
precise character of which is certainly far from clear. It is just possible, 
if the object is intended for a begging bowl, that the appendage in ques¬ 
tion may represent conventionally the carp or ends of a band, used to 
sustain it, whilst collections are being made : but this suggestion I 
make tentatively and with much hesitation. 
These remarks I offer for what they are worth, leaving it to those 
with more extensive knowledge of the subject than myself, or whose 
acquaintance with these coins is larger than my own, to decide what 
weight fairly attaches to them. 
Bedford^ May Wth, 1886. 
The Mind tribe of Jdjpur, in Meywar.—By Kavi Raj Shyamal Dass, 
M. R. A. S., F. R. Historical Society. Translated by Babu Ram 
Prasad. 
The Minas are said to be a mixed race : descended from unions 
between high caste fathers and low caste mothers, and are divided into 
three hundred and forty clans. 
Of these only seventeen are of importance, the remainder being 
represented only by a few families. They are found all over Rajputana, 
but principally in Meywar, Jeypore, Bundi, and Kota. 
The seventeen clans are as follows: 
(I.) Tazi derived from a Rajput father. 
(2.) Pawri from a Brahman father and Mina mother. 
(3.) Mor Jala 
(4.) Chita 
(5.) Hunhaj Rajput father and Mina mother. 
(6.) Barad derived fi'om a Mahajan. 
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