Chaupata Khamb.—A Râjput sept found in small numbers in the Benares division. According to Mr. Sherring [234] in the city of Benares they are chiefly engaged in the manufacture of fine wire used in the frames on which cloth of various description is woven. They trace their descent to two Sarwariya Brâhman brothers, Baldeo and Kuldeo, who settled at Pathkhauli, in the Jaunpur district. Râja Jay Chand is said to have given his daughter in marriage to Baldeo, on which Kuldeo, to mark his anger, erected a pillar (khamb), and the descendants of Baldeo are hence called chaupata or “ruined.” Chauseni—(Chahu, four; sena, an army).—A sub-caste of Banyas found principally in the Meerut, Agra, and Rohilkhand Divisions. They are said to be a spurious branch of the Bârahseni (q.v.). They hold very low rank among Banyas. Till recently all the higher castes refused to eat and drink things touched by them. They say they came from Mathura, and claim descent from Chânûra, the wrestler of Râja Kansa, from whom Chamârs also say they are sprung. Another story is that they are descended from one Râja Phonda of Chanderi by an unmarried woman named Kundaliya. DISTRIBUTION OF CHAUSENI BANYAS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891. ==============+======== District. |Number. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~ Muzaffarnagar | 30 Meerut | 85 Bulandshahr | 5,244 Aligarh | 2,177 Mathura | 423 Agra | 106 Farrukhâbâd | 75 Mainpuri | 6 Etâwah | 3 Etah | 783 Bareilly | 424 Bijnor | 6 Budâun | 1,261 Morâdâbâd | 1,022 Shâhjahânpur | 2 Pilibhît | 150 Cawnpur | 6 +~~~~~~~ Total | 11,803 ==============+========