[64] The contempt with which the tailor is visited in English proverbial lore for working at a woman's occupation attaches in a precisely similar manner in India to the weaver.

[65] But in Gujarat the Darzi is found living in villages and here he is also a village menial.

The Kachera or maker of the glass bangles which every Hindu married woman wears as a sign of her estate, ranks with the village artisans; his is probably an urban trade, but he has never become prosperous or important.

The Banjaras or grain-carriers were originally Rajputs, but owing to the mixed character of the caste and the fact that they obtained their support from the cultivators, they have come to rank below these latter.

The Wanjari cultivators of Berar have now discarded their Banjara ancestry and claim to be Kunbis.