Bhar caste
The Bhar are a Hindu caste found in North India. They are also known as Rajbhar.[1] British historian General Cunningham said that Bhars are a branch of the Ahirs.[2][3] It is also believed that the word Ahir is derived from ahi meaning serpent and therefore the Ahirs belonged to the Naga tribe.[4]
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- ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 268 to 271
- ↑ Crooke, William (1890). An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press. p. 3.
- ↑ Cunningham, Sir Alexander (2000). Cunningham Report: Report of tours in the Gangetic provinces from Badaon to Bihar in 1875-76 and 1877-78. Archaeological Survey of India. p. 60.
- ↑ Rao, M. S. A. (1987). Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India. Manohar. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8364-2133-0.