History of Gujjar The Gurjar (Sanskrit: गुर्जर - TopicsExpress



          

History of Gujjar The Gurjar (Sanskrit: गुर्जर Gurjara, Gujari: गुर्जर, گُرجر, Prakrit: Gujjar, گجر) are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest. While the origin of the Gurjars is uncertain, the Gurjar clan appeared in ancient northern India about the time of the Huna invasions of ...the region. In the 6th to 12th Century, they were primarily classed as Kshatriya and Brahmin, and many of them later converted to Islam during the Muslim rule in South Asia. Today, the Gurjars are classified under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category in some states in India. The Hindu Gurjars today are assimilated into several varnas of Hinduism.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:57:18 +0000

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