subsequent fortunes of the sept are given in detail by Mr. Benett, and need not be repeated here. There are, however, other accounts. The Râê Bareli [160] tradition brings them from Lucknow, and another account is that they came from Siupur, near Dwârika, to Narkanjhîl, in Cawnpur, and thence to Oudh. The Cawnpur family still recognise the Oudh branch. According to Mr. Carnegy they were originally Bhars. [161] It is still less probable that they are the modern representatives of the Ambastha of Manu, descended from a Brâhman father of a Vaisya mother, and practising as physicians. The sept still preserve their connection with Amethi, their original head-quarters, by their worship of Shaikh Bandagi Miyân, the local saint of that town. DISTRIBUTION OF THE AMETHIYA RÂJPUTS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. =============+========+============+======== District. |Hindus. |Muhammadans.| Total. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Aligarh | 6 | | 6 Mainpuri | 9 | | 9 Etâwah | 6 | | 6 Budâun | 32 | | 32 Pilibhît | 1 | | 1 Cawnpur | 18 | | 18 Fatehpur | 1 | | 1 Allahâbâd | 4 | | 4 Benares | 4 | ... | 4 Ghâzipur | 8 | | 8 Gorakhpur | 1,747 | ... | 1,747 Basti | 1 | ... | 1 Azamgarh | 172 | ... | 172 Lucknow | 287 | 35 | 322 Unâo | 269 | | 269 Râê Bareli | 2,125 | 6 | 2,131 Sîtapur | 107 | ... | 107 Faizâbâd | 22 | | 22 Gonda | 3 | ... | 3 Bahrâich | 161 | 9 | 170 Sultânpur | 327 | 15 | 342 Partâbgarh | 8 | ... | 8 Bârabanki | 3,555 | 8 | 3,563 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Total | 8,873 | 73 | 8,946 =============+========+============+======== Anantpanthi.—One of the reformed Vaishnava sects found in the Râê Bareli and Sîtapur Districts. They number only 170 persons. They are monotheists, and, as the name implies, worship Vishnu in the form of Ananta, “The Infinite.”