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Kavi Raj Shyamal Das —The Mind tribe of Jdjpur. 
[No. 3, 
from blending together in fact the differences between them consisted 
merely in the variety of the particular calling pursued, or the degree 
of excellence acquired by each. 
Visvamitra, Valmiki, Vedavyasa, Dron A'charya, may serve as in¬ 
stances as they were reckoned among the Brahmans on showing by 
their proficiency and behaviour, that they deserved the promotion, not¬ 
withstanding that the first was originally a Kshatriya, the second a 
Bhil, the third sprung from a Kaharif female and the fourth of unknown 
parentage and found in an earthen vessel. 
As time advanced and ages rolled on, and the same profession 
continued to be pursued in a family for generations, every class came 
gradually to be distinguished by its ancestry; but nature had its own 
way, and the several races intermarried among themselves, thus giving 
birth to an immensity of castes and tribes. 
I. A person descended from a Vaishya father and a Brahman 
mother, is called a Vaideh : 
(a) 
From a Vaishya father by a Kshatriya woman, is born a Magudh ; 
while from a Vaishya by'^ a Brahman wife, springs a Vaideh. 
(h) § 
A Vaideh is a mixed caste derived from a Vaishya man and Brah¬ 
man woman. 
I conjecture that a low class of people dwelling in large numbers 
among the hills to the south of Oodeypore and called Vaid—the men 
among them serving as barbers, and the females as midwives, are na 
other race than the Vaidehas mentioned by our great lawgiver : they 
bear no sort of resemblance to any other caste. 
Probably, the Vaidehas, when looked down by the Aryans of pure 
blood, by reason of their mixed origin, preferred to go over to live 
among the Bhils (an aboriginal race, considered one of the lowest class 
that can be imagined, by the Aryan conquerors)—who regarded them 
with a certain degree of respect, as they were descendants of Aryan 
parentage. 
II. Med are the people born of Vaideh fathers by Bhil mothers : 
(a) II 
* Cf, Wilson’s “ Indian Caste,” Vol. I, p. 117. 
f Fislierwoman. 
J Mann, 10th chapter 11th verse. 
§ Sabdarth Chintamani ( ) Yol. lY, p. 450. 
II Manu, loth chapter 36th verse. 
