Colonel Tod states that the great Rathor clan, who said that they could muster a hundred thousand swords, spoke of themselves as the sons of one father.

The members of the Scotch clans considered themselves related in the same manner, and they were probably of similar character to the Rajput clans.

[177] I do not know, however, that there is any definite evidence as to the exogamy of the Scotch clans, which would have disappeared with their conversion to Christianity.

The original Rajput clan may perhaps have lived round the chiefs castle or headquarters and been supported by the produce of his private fief or demesne.

The regular Brahman _gotras_ are also few in number, possibly because they were limited by the paucity of eponymous saints of the first rank.