96 Y. S'astri—Kap section of Barendra Brahmans. [No. 2, 
duct of Madhu’s sons. The meeting was held and the verdict of that 
meeting was that the sons of Madhu Maitra by his first wife were guilty 
of disregarding and illtreating their father. 
Thereupon Dhain Bagchi, together with Madhu Maitra, as the 
head of the society declared that henceforth the sons of Madhu Maitra 
by his first wife would no longer be classed among the Kulins. They 
would be Kap and their position in the society would be an intermediate 
one between the Kulins and the protriyas. They also declared that 
henceforth should any Kulin touch their water or even come in contact 
whatsoever with them, he also would be a Kap. But this latter declara¬ 
tion was afterwards modified by Raja Kamsa Narayana Ray, of Tahir- 
pore, who ruled that a Kulin should not lose his Kulinship unless he 
married the daughter of a Kap or allow his daughter to marry a Kap. 
This rule is still in existence. 
