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E. O’Brien —Notes on Kangra Dialed. 
“ Cholu ” is tlie woollen frock worn by both Gaddi men and 
women. It is made very capacious and loose, secured round the 
waist with a black woollen cord called “ dor4. ” The “ cholu ” comes 
half down the thigh on men and to the ankles on women. 
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The Song of Raja Gopi Chand. 
Chanan chauki bo rupijhanydh Raja Gopi Chand nahde. 
Td amar bhold bo aghnd chdndi hargd, thendi bund kathoh de. 
Td chhaje bo baithi matd Nain Banti nain bhari, bhari roe. 
Td phiri uparhun dekhe Rdjd Gopi Cliand , td mdtd Nain 
Banti roe. 
Td kuni hi diti, mdtd, tijo galian ? Kuni bole mande bol, 
Td nahin bo diti, beta , minjo galian, na bole mande bol. 
Td kuni bo herd, mdtd, mande nain? Us de naindn kadhdfi. 
Td na bo herd minjo, beta, mande nain, na koi galian de. 
Td jaisi kdyd, beta, terari taisibawal tere. 
Td jal bat matidn ho gian hid bhasaman dheri. 
Td sikh deii, mdtd., meri pdie umar kdyd. 
Td jog dhidya Rdje Bharthari , pdi umar kdyd. 
Td jog bo dhidnd mo, mdtd, meri pdni umar kdyd. 
Td jog bo dhidya Rdje Gopi Chande pdi umar kdyd. 
On a seat of sandal wood, with silver ewers, Raja Gopi Chand 
was bathing’. 
“ The heaven is clear like silver, whence do the cold drops 
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Sitting in the balcony his mother, Nain Banti, W’as weeping 
bitterly. 
Then again Raja Gopi Chandlooked up. His mother Nain 
Banti was weeping. 
He .—“ Who gave, mother, to you abuse ? Who spoke evil 
words ? ” 
She .—“ Neither was given, son, to me abuse : nor "were 
spoken evil words.” 
He.—“ Then who looked (at you), mother, with evil eyes ? 
His eyes I will tea-rout. ” 
She.—“ No one looked at me ? son, with evil eyes, nor gave 
me abuse. 
(“It was thinking that) as your body is, so was your 
father’s.” 
tc He was burned and became clay. He became a heap of 
ashes. ” 
He. — “ Then give me advice, mother, make my body 
immortal. ” 
She. —R4ja Bharthari became an ascetic. He made his 
body immortal. ” 
