Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.3

v2.c29.t2.3

¹ I presented a work on this race, entitled *The Book of the Johyas* (sent me by the prime minister of Jaisalmer) to the Royal Asiatic Society. Having obtained it just before leaving Rajputana, I never had leisure to examine it, or to pronounce on its value as an historical document; but any work having reference to so singular a community can scarcely fail to furnish matter of interest. [The Joiya or Johya tribe represent the ancient Yaudheya or ‘warlike’ peoples. It is incorrect to say that the name is extinct, because they are found on the banks of the Sutlej down to its confluence with the Indus; in Bīkaner in the old bed of the Ghaggar River below Bhatner, their ancient seat; in Lahore, Firozpur, the Derajāt, Multān, and the Salt Range (Cunningham, *Ancient Geography*, i. 65; Rose, *Glossary*, ii. 410 ff.).]