[20] Ibidem, iv. 239, quoted by Mr. Crooke, art. Dom.

[21] Probably not within the house but in the veranda or courtyard.

[22] Ibidem.

[23] Crooke, Tribes and Castes, art. Dom, para. 34.

[24] Bombay Gazetteer, l.c.

[25] Ibidem.

[26] Punjab Census Report (1881), and Bombay Gazetteer, l.c.

[27] Hindu Tribes and Castes, quoted by Sir H. Risley, art. Dom.

[28] Bombay Gazetteer, l.c.

[29] Ibbetson, l.c. para. 596.