Volume 4 — Rājpūt, Bisen
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Rājpūt, Bisen.—This clan belongs to the United Provinces and Oudh. They do not appear in history before the time of Akbar, and claim descent from a well-known Brāhman saint and a woman of the Sūrajvansi Rājpūts whom he married. The Bisens occupy a respectable position among Rājpūts, and intermarry with other good clans.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Mr. Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, art. Bundela.Note 2 · Rājasthān, i. p. 106.Note 3 · Imperial Gazetteer, articles Bundelkhand and Panna.Note 4 · Rājpūt, Bundela.—A well-known clan of Rājpūts of somewhat inferior position, who have given their name to Bundelkhand, or the tract compriseNote 5 · The Bundelas held the country up to the Nerbudda in the Central Provinces, and, raiding continually into the Gond territories south of the NNote 6 · Early History of India, 3rd edition, pp. 390–394.Note 7 · Mr. Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, art. Chandel.Note 8 · Sherring’s Castes and Tribes, i. pp. 359, 360.Note 9 · Supplemental Glossary, art. Bhar.Note 10 · See art. Pāsi.Note 11 · Crooke’s Tribes and Castes, art. Chandel.Note 12 · Ibidem.Note 13 · J.A.S.B. vol. xlvi. (1877), p. 232.Note 14 · Ibidem, p. 233.Note 15 · J.A.S.B. vol. xlvi. (1877), p. 233.Note 16 · Rājpūt, Chandel.—An important clan of Rājpūts, of which a small number reside in the northern Districts of Saugor, Damoh and Jubbulpore, andNote 17 · Mr. Smith derives the Chandels either from the Gonds or Bhars, but inclines to the view that they were Gonds. The following considerations tNote 18 · Rājasthān, i. pp. 86, 87.Note 19 · Archaeological Reports, ii. 255, quoted in Mr. Crooke’s art. Chauhān.Note 20 · Imperial Gazetteer, India, vol. ii, p. 312.Note 21 · Early History of India and Imperial Gazetteer, loc. cit.Note 22 · Rājasthān, ii. p. 419.Note 23 · Rājpūt, Chauhān.—The Chauhān was the last of the Agnikula or fire-born clans, According to the legend: “Again Vasishtha seated on the lotus Note 24 · Rājpūt, Dhākar.—In the Central Provinces this term has the meaning of one of illegitimate descent, and it is often used by the Kirārs, who a