Note 44 — C

Traditions of other branches. 4. One family in Lucknow are called Rakhula, because it is said that one of them had to lay an evil spirit, a Brahma Râkshasa, before he could occupy the village. Another story is that this family had a Churel as their ancestress.44 In Mathura45 the sept is classed as pure, because they do not allow widow-marriage. The Bareilly46 branch say that ten generations back (1500–1550 A.D.), Nandhar Deva and Gandhar Deva came to Parauli in Budâun, and thence moving on expelled the Bhîls from Bisauli. The Gorakhpur branch are alleged by Dr. Buchanan47 to have intermarried with impure Hill tribes, and to have a Chinese caste of features. In Bulandshahr48 one branch accepted Islâm as they murdered the Muhammadan Governor of Sikandarâbâd, and another adopted widow-marriage, and have been expelled from the tribe. The legitimate Azamgarh branch traces its origin to Sambhal, in the Morâdâbâd District.49