Note 51 — C
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They, as a rule, worship Mahâdeva and Devi. In Morâdâbâd, by one account, they take their name from chûha, “a rat,” which would connect them with distinctly non-Aryan races like the Musahar. They are said to have been driven into the Sub-Himalayan Tarâi by the advancing Thâkurs and Ahars. Similar and probably akin to these are the Aswâl of the hill, who also claim Chauhân origin.51