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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)

PART I
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Small bottles of very thin leather are still used by scent-sellers for holding their scents, though they also have glass bottles.

The song of the Leather Bottel recalls the fact that vessels for holding liquids were made of leather in Europe prior to the introduction of glass.

The Dhalgars also made targets for archery practice from the hides of buffaloes; and the similar use of the hides of cattle in Europe survives in our phrase of the bull's eye for the centre of the target.
_Dhamonia_ .-- (From Dhamoni, a town in Saugor.) A subcaste of Sonkar.

A territorial sept of Darzi and Dhobi.
_Dhanak Sammani_ .-- (One who reverences the bow.) A section of Barai.
_Dhandere_ .-- (Probably from Dhundhar, an old name of Jaipur or Amber State.) A sept of Rajputs.
_Dhangar_ .-- (A farmservant.) Synonym of Oraon.
_Dhanka_ .-- Perhaps a variant for Dhangar.

Subcaste of Oraon.
_Dhanoj_, _Dhanoje_ .-- (From _dhangar_, a shepherd.) Subcaste of Are and Kunbi.
_Dhanpagar_ .-- (One serving for a pittance of paddy.) A section of Teli.
_Dhanuhar_ .-- (A corrupt form of Dhanusdhar or a holder of a bow.) Synonym of Dhanwar.
_Dhanuk_ .-- (A bowman.) A caste.


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