• Source: Kalsian

      • Kalsian, also spelled Kalsiyan or Kalsyan, is a clan of the Gujjar ethnic community based in India and Pakistan.


      Ethnography


      They're found in Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan. In India, they are mainly located in multiple Indian states, including Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (Kairana), Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.


      Origin


      Kalsian Gujjars are descendants of the Chauhans and thus they claim to be of the Hindu lineage.


      References




      Notes


      Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1869) Memoirs on the History, Folk-lore, and Distribution of the Races of the North Western Provinces of India Being an Amplified Edition of the Original Supplemental Glossary of Indian Terms: Volume 1 Trübner & Company. p.99
      North-Western Provinces and Oudh (India) (1890) Government Gazette: North-Western Provinces and Oudh· Parts 3-6 Harvard University. p.164
      Horace Arthur Rose (1911) A Glossary of the Tribes & Castes of the Punjab & North-west Frontier Province:Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883, by the Late Sir Denzil Ibbetson ... & the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, by Sir Edward Maclagan ... & Comp. by H.A. Rose Superintendent, government printing, Punjab. p.441
      James Prinsep (1896) Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: Volume 65 Bishop's College Press. p.
      Matthew Atmore Sherring (1897) Index to Hindu Tribes and Castes as Represented in Benares Asiatic Society of Bengal. p.236

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