The population, which wag 70,621 in 1881, fell to
32,332 in 1911. The carpets made there are well known.
11. Then equal to L200,000, or more.
12. The Panna State lies between the British districts of Banda, in
the United Provinces, on the north, and Damoh and Jabalpur, in the
Central Provinces, on the south. The chief is a descendant of
Chhatarsal. For description and engraving of the diamond mines see
_Economic Geology_ (1881), p. 39.
13. Then equivalent to L2,000, or more.
14. The words 'of the same clan' are inexact. The author has shown
(_ante_, Chapter 23 following [10], and Chapter 26 following [32])
that Rajputs never marry into their own clan.
15. 'The Raja of Chanderi belonged to the same family as the Orchha
chief. Sindhia annexed a great part of the Chanderi State in 1811.
Chanderi was for a time British territory, but is now again in
Sindhia's dominions. Its vicissitudes are related in _N.W.P.
Gazetteer_ (1870), vol. i, pp. 351-8.
16. In Oudh the misgovernment, anarchy, and cruel rapine, briefly
alluded to in the text, and vividly described in detail by the author
in his _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude_, lasted until the
annexation of the kingdom by Lord Dalhousie in 1856, and, after a
brief lull, were renewed during the insurrection of 1857 and 1858.
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