Baranwal

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Baranwal (also spelled Barnwal, Burnwal, Varnwal, Warnwal or Barnawal) is a community of India that claims Suryavanshi descent.[1][2][3]

Legend[edit]

The Baranwal community claim to be descended from King Ahibaran, a Suryavanshi Kshatriya, who is assumed to be the great-grandson of the legendary king Agrasen.[4][5][6][7] At present, they mostly reside in the regions of Etawah, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur and Ghazipur.[6][8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Crooke, William (1890). An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Pres. p. 16.
  2. ↑ F. S. Growse (1883). "The town of Bulandshahr". Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. LII (1): 275.
  3. ↑ Babb, Lawrence A (2004). Alchemies of Violence: Myths of Identity and the Life of Trade in Western India. Sage. ISBN 978-0-7619-3223-9.
  4. ↑ Baynes, Thomas Spencer (1878). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Vol. 4. C. Scribner's sons. p. 515.
  5. ↑ The Missionary Chronicle: Containing the Proceedings of the Board of Foreign Missions and of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Presbyterian Church: and a General View of Other Benevolent Operations. Vol. 17. 1849. p. 233.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Asian Folklore Institute; Society for Asian Folklore (1972). Asian Folklore Studies. Asian Folklore Institute.[page needed]
  7. ↑ Mittal, J. P. (1991). History of ancient India. p. 675. ISBN 9788126906161.
  8. ↑ Gupta, C. Dwarakanath. Socio-cultural History of an Indian Caste. Mittal Publications. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7099-726-9.
  9. ↑ "About District | District Bulandshahr, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". bulandshahar.nic.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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