he was interrupted, and so there are seventeen full gotras and one half gotra. There are considerable differences in the enumeration of these gotras. One list, which seems authoritative, gives them as follows with the Veda, Sâkha and Sutra, to which they conform:— Gotra. Veda. Sâkha. Sutra. 1. Garga Yajurveda. Mâdhyandina. Kâtyâyana. 2. Gobhila ,, ,, ,, 3. Gautama ,, ,, ,, 4. Maitreya ,, ,, ,, 5. Jaimini ,, ,, ,, 6. Saingala Sâmaveda. Kausthami. Gobhila. 7. Vâsala ,, ,, ,, 8. Aurana Yajurveda. Mâdhyandina. Kâtyâyana. 9. Kausika ,, ,, ,, 10. Kasyapa Sâmaveda. Kausthami. Gobhila. 11. Tandeya Yajurveda. Mâdhyandina. Kâtyâyana. 12. Mândavya Rigveda. Sakila. Aswilâin. 13. Vasishtha Yajurveda. Mâdhyandina. Kâtyâyana. 14. Mudgala Rigveda. Sakila. Aswilâin. 15. Dhânyâsha Yajurveda. Mâdhyandina. Kâtyâyana. 16. Dhelana } ,, ,, ,, Dhauma } 17. Taitariya ,, ,, ,, 17½. Nagendra Sâmaveda. Kausthami. Gobhila. The lists given by both Mr. Risley and Mr. Sherring differ considerably from this. Mr. Risley gives— (1) Garg; (2) Goil; (3) Gâwâl; (4) Batsil; (5) Kâsil; (6) Singhal; (7) Mangal; (8) Bhaddal; (9) Tingal; (10) Airan; (11) Tairan; (12) Thingal; (13) Tittal; (14) Mittal; (15) Tundal; (16) Tâyal; (17) Gobhil; (17½) Goin. Mr. Sherring gives the Gotras as follows:— (1) Garga; (2) Gobhila; (3) Garwâla; (4) Batsila; (5) Kasila; (6) Sinhal; (7) Mangala; (8) Bhadala; (9) Tingala; (10) Erana; (11) Tâyal; (12) Terana; (13) Thingala; (14) Tittila; (15) Nîtal; (16) Tundala; (17) Goila and Goina; (17½) Bindal. Agarwâlas again have the divisions Dasa and Bîsa, the “tens” and the “twenties” like the Oswâls (q.v.). One account of their origin is that when the daughters of Râja Vâsuki, the king of the snakes, married the sons of Râja Agra Sena, they each brought a handmaid with them, and their descendants are the Dasas. The Bîsa or pure Agarwâlas do not eat, drink or intermarry with the Dasas. [Connection of the Agarwâlas and Nâgas.] 2. Regarding the legend of the connection of the Agarwâlas and Nâgas Mr. Risley [112] writes:—“With the Agarwâlas, as with all castes at the present day, the section names go by the male side.