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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2390

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2390

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c19.2390

Ḍomba The Dombas are mentioned among despised class in the Jain texts.¹⁸ The Dombas are mentioned in the *Rājataranginī*¹⁹ It was a caste of degraded musicians and may be regarded as representing early inhabitants of northern India.²⁰

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