Chamayan
| Chamayan, Chamain | |
|---|---|
| Religions | |
| Languages | |
| Country | |
| Region | |
| Ethnicity | Gurjar |
| Lineage | Hindu |
Chamayan[1][2][3] is also referred to as Chamayin, Chamain[4][5][6] or Chaim is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic group found in India and Pakistan. They adhere to many religions, including the Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.[7]
Origin
[edit]They are descendants and an offshoot of the Tunwar[8]Gurjars.[9]
Ethnography
[edit]Chamayan Gurjars are found in almost all provinces of Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Although in India they were found in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana[2][3] and Dehli.[10] Some Chamayan Gurjar also found in different provinces of Afghanistan including the Kabul, Kandahar, Nuristani and Nangarhar.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1319. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- ^ a b Swaran, Singh; Bhalla, V. (1997). Chandigarh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7304-119-8.
Gujjar:The community has a number of clans. The principal clans are Barsoi, Dhanga, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatana, Rawal, Khare, Seradra, Pilwara, Awana, Kumbar, Madi, Chechi, Koli, Chadri, Chanda, Mutan, Nekari, Rawat, Rajana, Budana. The clans regulate their marriage alliance.
- ^ a b Forbes, Duncan (2023-06-08). A Dictionary , Hindustani and English: Part I. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 327. ISBN 978-3-382-33057-6.
Chamayan, a small clan of the gujar tribe in Panipat Bargar.
- ^ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8.
- ^ a b Bellew, Henry Walter (2000). An Enquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared for and Presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (London, September, 1891). Bhavana Books & Prints. p. 146. ISBN 978-81-86505-26-7.
- ^ Bingley, A. H.; Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1978). History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars. Ess Ess Publications. p. 121.
- ^ Forbes, Duncan (1987). Dikshnarī. Uttar Pradesh Urdū Akādmī. p. 327.
- ^ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1987). Rahmat Ali: A Biography. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-515-05051-7.
Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar , Chokhar , Rawal , Kalsan , Kathana , Kasanah , Kalas , Gorsi , Chechi , Dhedar , Poswal , Lawi , Bijar , Khaindar , Melu , Thakaria , Chauhan , Monan , Bhumla . Rahmat Ali was a Gorsi Gujjar.
- ^ Contemporary Social Sciences. Research Foundation of India. 1978. p. 107.
The Chhokar from Jadon; the Chamayin (Chamayan) from a Tuar; the Kalsian of Kairana, and the Mavi, from a Chauhan; the Pilwan from a Pundir: the Adhana from a Bed- gujar.
- ^ Bingley, A. H.; Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1978). History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars. Ess Ess Publications. p. 40.
The principal Gujjar clans of the Delhi are as follows:- Barsoi, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatāna, Rāwal, Khare
Important notes
[edit]- William Crooke (1890) An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press. p.90
- Duncan Forbes (1866) A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary, English and Hindustani W.H. Allen & Company. p.327
- Edward Balfour (1885) The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures · Volume 1 Bernard Quaritch. p.646
- A. H. Bingley, Krishna Prakash Bahadur (1978) History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars Ess Ess Publications. p.40
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