The Persian links to the state of Karnataka can not be denied. Libraries and museums in the city of Mysore sill have records in the Persian language. Please feel free to watch this video with the links between the Gor Banjaras in Northern Karnataka and the female Persian dress code with use of coins. On my Banjara Book website you find a link to this video translated into Gormati (Lambadi).
The World of the Banjara Raja 