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-{{Distinguish}}
+{{Distinguish}}{{Merge from|Lavana|discuss=Talk:Labana#Proposed merge of Lavana into Labana|date=July 2023}}
+{{Not to be confused with|Lavana}}
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+{{More sources needed|date=October 2022}}
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+[[File:Portrait of three unidentified people of the Labana tribe of Lahore, ca.1862–72.png|thumb|Portrait of three unidentified people of the Labana tribe of Lahore, ca.1862–72]]
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+'''Lubana''' (also spelled '''Lubana''', '''Labana''', '''[[Lavana]]''', '''Lubhana'''; {{lit|salt trader}}) is a [[merchant]] and [[transportation]] community in India engaged in maritime trade and land trade which includes trading and transportation of goods like [[saltpetre]], [[silk]], [[diamonds]], etc. In the [[Punjab]] region, during socio-economic reforms, Labanas overwhelmingly became agriculturists. The Labanas of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] are mostly Sikhs and Hindus and speak mainly Punjabi or Hindi.
-'''Labana''' (also Known as '''Lubana''', '''[[Lohana]] ''','''Lobana,''' '''[[Lavana]]''')   is a social and ethnic group in India. Its members were traditionally transporters, land holding and merchants; they are now mostly agriculturists.
+==Etymology==
+The term Lobana appears to have been derived from Lun or Lavan (salt) and the Bana (trade)<ref>{{cite web|title=A Conference Of Labana-Banjara-Sikligar And Saltmaker Community - Goar Banjara|url=https://goarbanjara.com/conference-labana-banjara-sikligar-saltmaker-community/|access-date=2021-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref> The Lobanas were the salt-carrying and salt-trading community In Punjab,Labanas started leaving merchant work and shifted to agriculture profession which turns them to landholding community since times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.Some of the Labans claim that they are Gaur Brahmins who migrated to Punjab during reign of Aurengzeb.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dass |first=Arvind |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAhuAAAAMAAJ&q=gaur+brahmin+delhi |title=Caste System: Caste commentaries and documentation |date=2002 |publisher=Dominant Publishers and Distributors |isbn=978-81-7888-029-7 |language=en}}</ref>
-==History of origin ==
-Lobanas are residing in and around India from ancient times. People of Labanas are basically Rajputs., offshot of Ikshwakus of Ramayana. In 1891 Census, they were categorized under Rajputs and are descendents of Suryavanshi and Chandarvanshi Kashatriyas.
+==List of Lubanas==
+{{Main|List of Labanas}}
-Lobana means who wear Iron Dress, i.e. dress of Military person, derived from Loh &Bana.
+==See also==
+*[[Lubanki dialect]]
+*[[Lavana]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040622/main8.htm Tribune article on Labanas]
+*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040622/main8.htm Tribune article on Labanas]
+[[Category:Labana|*]]
+[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
+[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]
+[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]
+[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]
+[[Category:Sikh communities]]
+[[Category:Sikh names]]
+[[Category:History of Punjab]]
+[[Category:Indian castes]]
+[[Category:Saltmaking castes]]
+[[Category:Salt industry in India]]