In India, the judicial system follows a hierarchical structure with the Supreme Court at the top, followed by High Courts for each state or a group of states. However, there are only three High Courts that have jurisdiction over more than one state. These are:

1. Gauhati High Court: Jurisdiction covers the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Mizoram.

2. Bombay High Court: Jurisdiction extends to the states of Maharashtra, Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

3. Punjab and Haryana High Court: It has jurisdiction over the states of Punjab and Haryana, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

As per the requirement of the question, Union Territories are not included. Hence, if we exclude Bombay High court that exercises jurisdiction over two Union Territories, and the Punjab and Haryana high court that rules over a Union Territory, only the Gauhati High Court will remain.

However, alert - the correct answer should be `1` because only the Gauhati High Court has jurisdiction over more than one state (exclusively states, no Union Territories).