Archaeological Dimwit: The original source incorrectly linked the origin of the name for the Warya tribe to the Punjabi word Varyah, which means "to come back." In reality, the word comes from the Sanskrit word for Boar Varaha, which was a common and widely used symbol for the Varya clan.

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The original source incorrectly linked the origin of the name for the Warya tribe to the Punjabi word Varyah, which means "to come back." In reality, the word comes from the Sanskrit word for Boar Varaha, which was a common and widely used symbol for the Varya clan.

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	Varya is a Punjabi [[Rajput]] clan.		Varya is a Punjabi [[Rajput]] clan.
	The word Varya comes from the ~~[[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] language~~ and ~~means~~ ''~~to come back~~''. The Varyas fought for Independence of [[Punjab]].They initially migrated to Ajmora village in [[Mandvi]], [[Gujarat]], and then spread to other parts of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], Anjan and [[Lakhpat]] [[taluka]]s of [[Kutch District]].		The word Varya comes from the Sanskrit word for boar. Varaha, which was a common totem of the tribe<ref>Newpakhistory. “Barya/ Varyah and Taoni Rajput Tribes of Punjab.” ''Newpakhistorian'', 5 May 2020, <nowiki>https://newpakhistorian.wordpress.com/2020/01/17/barya-varyah-and-taoni-rajput-tribes-of-punjab/#:~:text=The%20Varya%20may%20be%20connected,such%20as%20Faisalabad%20and%20Sahiwal</nowiki>.</ref>. The Varyas fought for Independence of [[Punjab]].They initially migrated to Ajmora village in [[Mandvi]], [[Gujarat]], and then spread to other parts of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], Anjan and [[Lakhpat]] [[taluka]]s of [[Kutch District]].

	The Varya community use the [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Kutchi language\|Kutchi]] and [[Saraiki dialect\|Saraiki]] languages.<ref>''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part 3, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 1207-1210.</ref>		The Varya community use the [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Kutchi language\|Kutchi]] and [[Saraiki dialect\|Saraiki]] languages.<ref>''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part 3, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 1207-1210.</ref>

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The '''Waryah ''' (also known as Varya ({{lang-sd|وريا}}) and Varah) are a [[Muslim Rajput]] clan largely found in the [[Punjab]] and [[Sindh]] regions of [[Pakistan]] and in the state of [[Gujarat]] in [[India]].
They are mostly located in [[Banni Grasslands Reserve|Banni]], [[Mandvi]], [[Bhuj]], [[Mundra]] region of [[Kutch]], [[India]].
In [[Tando Adam Khan]], [[Sanghar District]], Bachal Varya, [[Karachi]],interior of [[Sindh]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan District]] and [[Faisalabad District]] of [[Pakistan]].<ref>''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part 3, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 1207-1210.</ref>

==History and origin==
Varya is a Punjabi [[Rajput]] clan.
The word Varya comes from the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] language and means ''to come back''. The Varyas fought for Independence of [[Punjab]].They initially migrated to Ajmora village in [[Mandvi]], [[Gujarat]], and then spread to other parts of [[Bhuj]], [[Mandvi]], Anjan and [[Lakhpat]] [[taluka]]s of [[Kutch District]].

The Varya community use the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] and [[Saraiki dialect|Saraiki]] languages.<ref>''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part 3, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 1207-1210.</ref>

A Significant population of Varyas are found in [[Punjab Pakistan|Punjab]] in [[Faisalabad]], [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]], [[Gujranwala]], [[Sahiwal]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan]] and other [[List of districts of Pakistan#Punjab|Districts of Punjab]].<ref>''People of India Gujarat'', Volume XXI Part 3, edited by R.B Lal, P.B.S.V Padmanabham, G Krishnan & M Azeez Mohideen, pages 1255-1260.</ref>

==Population==

There are 2000 families currently living in [[Karachi]] and more than 40000 families living in the interior of [[Sindh]], [[Faisalabad]], [[Southern Punjab]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan]].
Many of them are also inhabited at Bachal Varya the village of varya community like [[Kutchi people|Kutchi]] communities many of them have migrated to other parts of [[India]]. Like many [[Gujarati Muslim]]s, they have a caste association, the Varya Jamat, which is responsible for the welfare of the community.

They are mostly [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s.<ref>''Kutchi People in Sindh'', Volume VI edition 2, edited by Sabir Alvi, Esa Khan, and Azeem Rajpot pages 254-257.</ref>
They use the title [[Rana (title)|Rana]] as surname.

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tribes of Kutch]]
[[Category:Maldhari communities]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
[[Category:Samma tribes|*]]
[[Category:Sindhi tribes in India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]

Warya - Revision history

Archaeological Dimwit: The original source incorrectly linked the origin of the name for the Warya tribe to the Punjabi word Varyah, which means "to come back." In reality, the word comes from the Sanskrit word for Boar Varaha, which was a common and widely used symbol for the Varya clan.

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