1st.—Phaldân, the betrothal, when the family priest of the bride’s family gives the bridegroom a sacred thread (janeû), some rupees, cloth, and a betel-nut, in the presence of the elders of his family. The money is distributed as alms among the Brâhmans. 2nd.—Lagan patrika, or the fixing of the date for the marriage. 3rd.—Paurparsatkâr, the reception of the party (bârât) of the bridegroom at the door of the bride’s house. 4th.—Charhau, offering of ornaments by the relatives of the bride to the bridegroom. 5th.—Suhâg, the rubbing of red lead by the bridegroom on the parting of the bride’s hair. 6th.—Kanyâdân, the giving away of the bride to her husband by her father. 7th.—Panigrahana, the holding of the bride’s right hand by the bridegroom as an indication that he promises to support her as long as she lives. 8th.—Ahuti karna, the making of the fire sacrifice. 9th.—Parikrama, the revolutions of the pair round the sacred fire. 10th.—Dhruva sakshi karna, the promise of the bridegroom, in the presence of fire, water, the sun, and other natural objects, that he will be faithful to her and she to him. 11th.—Sayyadân, the presenting of a bed to the married pair. 12th.—Daija, dahej, or jahez dena, the giving of the dowry. Women can be divorced for adultery, impurity, violation of tribal rules, and neither divorced women nor widows are allowed to remarry. [Religion.] 3. They belong to the Vaishnava sect, and are either Râmâwats or worshippers of Râdha Krishna. In all respects they follow the ceremonial usages of high class Hindus. [Social rules.] 4. They believe their original profession to have been soldiering, and some of them serve in our Native regiments. They hold land as landlords and tenants. They will eat the flesh of goats, deer, wild pig, and fish; but those who abstain from meat are considered more respectable. Spirits are forbidden. They eat kachchi and pakki from the hands of Brâhmans, and can eat pakki with Banyas and Khatris, by which is meant that they will eat with them on the same floor, but not from the same dish. They can drink water from the hands of Kahârs and Nâis. They smoke only out of a pipe used by their clansmen. The Bundelas, on the whole, are a fairly respectable Râjput sept, but they are occasionally given to lawlessness, dacoity, and similar crimes of violence. 5. In Jâlaun they give brides to the Dhandhera and Panwâr septs, from whom also they take wives. They profess to belong to the Kasyapa gotra. These Panwârs with whom they intermarry are the Râj Panwârs of inferior grade in Bundelkhand. DISTRIBUTION OF BUNDELA RÂJPUTS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891.