Nothing is known of their origin except a legend that they came with the rajas of Bastar from Warangal twenty-three generations ago.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
70,000. A living bard, Mahamahopadhyaya Murar Das, has received three Lakh Pasarus from the rajas of Jodhpur and has refused one from the Rana of Udaipur in view of the fact that he was made ayachaka by the Jodhpur Raja.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
The latter hills take their name from the rajas of Jaintia, the former rulers of this part of the country, who had as their capital Jaintiapur, a place situated at the foot of the Jaintia Hills on the southern side, which now falls within the boundaries of the Sylhet district.
"The Khasis"
P. R. T. Gurdon