Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c48.s5.t1.3

c48.s5.t1.3

§ 76. **Drummers** (206,200). The ceremonial drummer of a village or temple has been referred to as usually belonging to one of the resident low castes, and is generally upon the village staff. There are others, however, who are more strictly professional upon this instrument, and wander about for their living. The Dafālī, for instance, and the Nagarcī, of the Ganges valley, are Muslim, with a sort of religious flavour about their performances. The former expel spirits as well as extorting alms. The Dhōlī of Rājputāna, like the Bajānīā of Gujarāt, are Brahmanist functional