[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.2390 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.2389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2389) - [Next: c19.2391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2391) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2390) · Pramāṇa