2. In Azamgarh they claim to belong to the Bhârgava gotra; they receive brides from the Bisen, Sakarwâr, Nandwak, Râthaur, Palwâr, Gautam, Ujjaini, Chandel, Bais, Udmatiya, Singhel, and Kausik septs; and marry their daughters to the Gargbansi, Raghubansi, Sûrajbansi, Chauhân, and Sirnet. In Aligarh they take girls from the Gahlot, Kachhwâha, Râthaur, Bargûjar, Solankhi, Bâchhal, Jais, Janghâra, and Pundîr, and give brides to the Chauhân, Gahlot, Bargûjar, Punwâr, Tomar, Râthaur, Kachhwâha, Janghâra, and Dhâkra septs. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHANDRABANSI RÂJPUTS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+======= District. |Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~ Sahâranpur | 7 Muzaffarnagar | 2 Meerut | 40 Bulandshahr | 2,340 Aligarh | 1,007 Mathura | 205 Agra | 60 Farrukhâbâd | 411 Mainpuri | 14 Etâwah | 10 Etah | 16 Morâdâbâd | 13 Shâhjahânpur | 32 Cawnpur | 14 Fatehpur | 26 Bânda | 1 Jhânsi | 81 Jâlaun | 3 Benares | 509 Ghâzipur | 12 Ballia | 79 Gorakhpur | 121 Basti | 94 Azamgarh | 383 Kumâun | 25 Tarâi | 51 Râê Bareli | 22 Sîtapur | 7 Hardoi | 63 Kheri | 126 Sultânpur | 13 Bârabanki | 1 +~~~~~~~ Total | 5,788 ==============+======= Charandâsi.—A Vaishnava sect which takes its name from its founder, Charan Dâs, of the Dhûsar caste, who was born at Dehra, in the Alwar State in 1703. His father was Murli Dhûsar, who died when his son, then called Ranjît Sinh, was only five years old. “The boy then emigrated to Delhi and lived with some relations there. He became a disciple of Bâba Sukhdeva Dâs, a religious faqîr of high religious attainments, at the age of nineteen, at Sukra Tâl, near Muzaffarnagar, who gave him the name of Râmcharan Dâs. Afterwards Charan Dâs established a separate religious order in his own name, and, like others, preached, and made many disciples. His principal disciples were Swâmi Râmrûp, Gusâîn Jagatân, and a woman named Shâhgolâi. Each of these established a monastery in Delhi and obtained grants from the Mughal Emperors, which have been confirmed by the British Government.” [212]