Note 80 — B (continued 2)

Bârahseni.—(Bârah, twelve; sena, an army).—A sub-caste of Banyas found principally in the Western Districts. The last Census shows none in Benares; but Mr. Sherring80 speaks of them as a considerable colony of bankers:—“They state that their original home was Agroha. In Benares they are of the Garga gotra.”