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The Domba or Dom (Sanskrit ?oma, dialectally also Domaki, Dombo, Domra, Domaka, Dombar, Dombari and variants) are an ethnic or social group, or groups, scattered across India. In North India, the preferred self-designation is Dom.[1]
The Domba are sometimes also called "Chandala". Both terms also came to be used in the sense of "outcaste" in general. The form ?omba Prakrit, while ?oma and ?umba are encountered in Kashmiri Sanskrit texts. Derived from ?oma is ?om?k?, the name of a language spoken in a small enclave in the Northern Areas in Pakistan. It is also believed that the Dom or Domi people of the Middle East are descendants of Domba who were taken, or traveled, to Sassanid Persia as servants and musicians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domba