ABSTRACT
According to Ibbetson:
The Gandhilas are a low vagrant tribe, who are said by Elliott to be ‘a few degrees more respectable than the Bawarias’, though I fancy that in the Punjab their positions are reversed. They wander about bare-headed and bare-footed, beg, work in grass and straw, catch quails, clean and sharpen knives and swords, cut wood and generally do odd jobs. They are said to eat tortoises and vermin. They also keep donkeys, and even engage in trade in small way. (1916: 290)
