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Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. - caption: 'Kamdangar, a bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers. (Occupational sub-division of ‘Tarkhan’ caste, bowmakers).'

ID: K90086-78

 

Title: Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India.

 

Author: "Anon (Anon)"

 

Illustrator: "Anon (Anon)"

 

Provenance:

Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of Delhi for Colonel James Skinner. 1825

 

Caption: Kamdangar, a bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers. (Occupational sub-division of ‘Tarkhan’ caste, bowmakers).

 

Language: Persian

 

Source identifier: Add. 27255, f.357v

 

British Library Shelfmark: Add. 27255

 

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