Dhakar

Dhakar or Kirar is a Hindu Kshatriya Caste landlord and agricultural peasant caste in the Indian state of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh [1] [2][3][4][5]

Kirar/Kirad/Dhakar/Dhakad
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
• Hindi • Braj bhasha •Hadoti
Religion
• Hinduism

Dharkat or Dhakar was an important merchant community in Rajasthan mentioned in several inscriptions. They are now extinct in Rajasthan, but survive as a small Jain community in Vidarbha region.[6][7]

References
  1. "OBC Cast List". bcwelfare.mp.nic.in.
  2. Gupta, Giri Raj (1973). Marriage, Religion, and Society: Pattern of Change in an Indian Village. Wiley. p. 28.
  3. Sharma, Brij Kishore (1990). Peasant Movements in Rajasthan, 1920-1949. Pointer Publishers. pp. 83, 98.
  4. Singh, C. S. K. (1995). The Sound of Drums: Tribal Movement in Rajasthan, 1881-1947. Manak Publications. pp. 116, 163.
  5. Das, Nava Kishor (2003). Culture, Religion, and Philosophy: Critical Studies in Syncretism and Inter-faith Harmony. Rawat Publications. p. 285.
  6. Jainism in Rajasthan, Kailash Chand Jain, 1963, p. 108
  7. Khaṇḍelavāla Jaina samāja kā vr̥had itihāsa Kastoor Chand Kasliwal · 1989 p. 48


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