Casmari
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Casmari was an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Kasma = Casmari (Pliny.vi.35)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Ethiopia.... There are the Sesambri also, a people among whom all the quadrupeds are without ears, the very elephants even. On the African side are the Tonobari, the Ptoenphæ, a people who have a dog for their king, and divine from his movements what are his commands; the Auruspi, who have a town at a considerable distance from the Nile, and then the Archisarmi, the Phaliges, the Marigerri, and the Casmari.