[Manners and customs.] 4. In Bundelkhand they are reported [211] to give their daughters in marriage to Jâdons, Sisodhiyas, Sengars, Kachhwâhas, Bhadauriyas, and Tomars; but they take girls only from tribes of the higher rank. After the bride is brought to her husband’s house Devi is worshipped with the accompaniment of singing and dancing, and then the bride marks the door with her spread hand smeared with aipan or a mixture of powdered rice and turmeric. The maximum number of wives that a man can take is seven; but the usual number is two or three. Betrothal is usually performed in infancy and marriage very early in life. The family barber often arranges the match, but now-a-days a regular marriage broker is sometimes appointed. Some dower is always given by the father of the bride. A wife may be divorced if she contracts leprosy or if she be unfaithful. Such women cannot marry again. 5. When the pregnancy of a woman is announced the ceremony of chauk is performed in the fifth or seventh month. The husband and wife are seated in a sacred enclosure (chauk), while a Brâhman recites texts. After the ceremony parched rice and sweetmeats are distributed to the brethren. At her confinement the mother is attended by a sweeper woman for three days, and by a barber woman for forty days. When the delivery takes place, an old woman of the family smears her hand with oil and makes a mark on the wall of the room, after which the cord is cut. The mother bathes on the third day, after which the ceremony of charua is done, and this is followed by the usual sixth day observance (chhathi). 6. The betrothal (mangni) consists in the bride’s barber coming to the house of the bridegroom and marking his forehead (tîka). Their marriage and death ceremonies are of the ordinary orthodox form. 7. Their special god is Mahâdeva, who is worshipped by men, and Devi by women and children. 8. In Oudh the Chandels take brides from the Chauhân, Gaharwâr, Raikwâr, Janwâr, and Dhâkrê septs: and give wives to the Gaur, Sombansi, and Punwâr. In Azamgarh they receive wives from the Baranwâr, Kâkan, Singhel, Udmatiya, Donwâr and Gaharwâr septs: and give their daughters to the Gargbansi Gautam, Palwâr, Sirnet, Râjkumâr, Bachgoti, Kausik, Raghubansi, Bais and Chandrabansi. DISTRIBUTION OF CHANDEL RÂJPUTS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891.