10-06-2006, 09:59 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->When did the Roma leave India? The answer may be lost forever, but most likely the Roma have been emigrating out of India for thousands of years. Major movements, however, have been established. One such movement was in 1308 when the Lohar caste was defeated defending their ancestral city in Rajasthan; The Lohars have been documented as arriving in Eastern Europe around 1320. This is an important date in the history of the Kosovar Gypsies because the Lohars are the blacksmith caste of India. They became nomadic after their defeat and were known to roam in highly decorated wagons pulled by either black water buffalo or small Punjabi ponies, both of which can be found in Kosova today. <b>The largest Roma caste in Kosova is the Kovachi, which is the Serbian translation for blacksmith. </b>link<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"serbian" kovachi is from kavach
"serbian" kovachi is from kavach