farmers and their tribes in 1891 put forward the census of Brahmin Cultivators of Kashmir. This census included following surnames : Pandit, Sofi, Butt, Ittu, Tantray, Dar, Rather, Rishi, Raina, Kandhi, Ganai. Fauq doubted this list and accepted only two surnames as Brahmins (i.e. Butt and Pandit) claiming others to be Vaish and kshatriya. The superintendent also doubted the claims during the census. According to Fauq, Dar is a corrupted form of the term "Damara" which is historically used as an umbrella term to refer to both modern day Lone (Lavanya) and Dar (Damar) tribes. In his Book Tareekh e Aqwam e Kashmir, he has specifically mentioned Dars as Troublesome and strong Kshatriya Warlords / Landlords of ancient Kashmir who troubled the Hindu Kings . Spelling Variations in Context of Muhammad Din Fauq Fauq mentions in his book that many authors from Subcontinent when mentioning Dar and other Kashmiri tribes ignored the proper sound of the Urdu alphabet which resulted in corruption of Dar(ڈار) into Daar (دار) which is very close to Hindu surname Dhar (در). Persian, Kashmiri Pandits and its effects "The scholarship of the Pandits in Persian reached its high watermark during this period. They wrote exquisite poetry in Persian and were master writers in prose. Munshi Bhawani Das stands preeminent amongst the prose writers of the day. So also Lachhi Ram Saroor who rose very high at the Court of Nawabs of Oudh mainly because of his high poetical merit. Rai Rayan Anand Ram Karihalu was a great favourite of Shah Alam II and a great poet. He was a great Persian and Arabic scholar. So also Pandit Taba Ram Turki (1776 A.D. to 1847 A.D.), Sat Ram Baqaya, Pandit Daya Ram Kachru (1743 A.D. to 1811 A.D.) Aftab Bhan, Gobind Kaul, Kailas Dar (died 1772 A.D.) Lasa Kaul, Deva Kaul, Thakur Das, Gopal Dar (1735 A.D. to 1798 A.D.). Raja Kak Dar, Rugh Nath Kaul (1735 to 1807 A.D.) and many others. The contributions made by them to Persian literature have elicited the significant remarks from competent critics that in the mastery of the Persian language the Kashmiri Pandits were second only to the Persians. About pandit Anand Ram Karihalu it is remarked that his mastery of Arabic and Persian was so complete that even amongst the Muslims nobody could compete with him. Pandit Birbar Kachru (1789-1859 A.D.) to whom reference has been made in these