Pawar
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Pawar[1][2][3][4] is a clan (sub-caste) found among the Hindu-Muslim Gurjar ethnic People of southern Asia. That is based in Rajasthan and other north Indian states.[5][6]
Origin[change | change source]
Pawar Gujjars trace their ancestry back to the Chandravanshi, kshatriya lineage (Lunar Dynasty descendants).[1] They also claimed to be direct descendants of Raja Vikramaditya,[1] who ruled in Ujjain (modern-day Madhya Pradesh) until 57 BCE.[2]
Geographical distribution[change | change source]
They are mainly found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,[1] Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kashmir[2] and Dehli.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gupta, Dipankar (1997). Rivalry and Brotherhood: Politics in the Life of Farmers in Northern India. Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-564101-1.
Likewise the Pawar clan among the Gujars believe that they are Chandravanshi (or descendants of the lunar dynasty), and in more recent times they can trace their ancestry up to Vikramaditya of Ujjain.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kashmir Today. Directorate of Information, Jammu and Kashmir Government. 1993. p. 5.
Pawar , is a branch of Gujjar community whose ancestory is traded to Raja Bikramajit of Ujjain , and to whom the Bikrami calender which persists even today is assigned .
- ↑ Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1320. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- ↑ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8.
- ↑ Singh, David Emmanuel (2012-08-31). Islamization in Modern South Asia: Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response. Walter de Gruyter. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-61451-185-4.
- ↑ "Gurjar Gotra". web.archive.org. 2023-12-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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Sources[change | change source]
- Sir Edward Maclagan and H.A. Rose (1914) A Glossary of the Tribes & Castes of the Punjab & North-west Frontier Province: Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883 Superintendent, government printing, Punjab. p. 232