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Vaishya

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Vaishya is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in Nepal and India. [1]

30 relations: Agrahari, Agrawal, Agriculture, Anthropological Survey of India, Barnwal, Brahmin, Cattle, Dvija, Gahoi, Gupta Empire, Hinduism, India, Jāti, Kasuadhan, Khandelwal Vaishya, Komati caste, Kshatriya, Land tenure, Lohana, Maheshwari, Merchant, Modh, Moneylender, Nepal, Oswal, Pastoralism, Ram Sharan Sharma, Southeast Asia, Vaishya Vani, Varna (Hinduism).

Agrahari

Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is an Indian Vaishya community, claimed to be descendants of legendary king Agrasena.

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Agrawal

Agrawal (Agarwal, Agerwal, Agrawala, Agarwala, Aggarwal, Agrawal) is a community found throughout northern India, including in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Anthropological Survey of India

Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) is the apex Indian government organisation involved in anthropological studies and field data research for human and cultural aspects, working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology.

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Barnwal

Barnwal (also spelled Baranwal, Varnwal or Barnawal) is a Suryavanshi community originating in India.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण) is a varna (class) in Hinduism specialising as priests, teachers (acharya) and protectors of sacred learning across generations.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Dvija

Dvija (Sanskrit: द्विज) means "twice-born".

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Gahoi

Gahoi is a merchant community in central India.

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Gupta Empire

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jāti

Jāti (in Devanagari: जाति, Bengali: জাতি, Telugu:జాతి, Kannada:ಜಾತಿ, Malayalam: ജാതി, Tamil:ஜாதி, literally "birth") is a group of clans, tribes, communities and sub-communities, and religions in India.

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Kasuadhan

The Kasaudhan (sometimes pronounced Kasaundhan) are a Hindu caste found in the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, in India and Nepal.

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Khandelwal Vaishya

Khandelwal Vaishya is a Vaishnava community originally from Khandela,Rima Hooja (2006), A history of Rajasthan, Rupa & Co., p.501 a historical town in northern Rajasthan, India.

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Komati caste

The Komati is an Indian trading community found primarily in South and Central India, that is currently organised as a caste.

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Kshatriya

Kshatriya (Devanagari: क्षत्रिय; from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of the Hindu society.

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Land tenure

In common law systems, land tenure is the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to "hold" the land.

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Lohana

The Lohana, also referred to as Luvana and Luhana, are an Indian caste, traditionally largely occupied as merchants.

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Maheshwari

The historic homeland of the Maheshwari community is around Khandela in Marwad, Rajasthan, India, although significant communities exist elsewhere in the country.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.

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Modh

Modh communities comprise people who use the name and originate from Modhera in Gujarat, India.

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Moneylender

A moneylender is a person or group who typically offers small personal loans at high rates of interest and is different from banks and financial institutions that typically provide such loans.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Oswal

The Oswal (sometimes spelled Oshwal or Osval) are a Jain community with origins in the Marwar region of Rajasthan and Tharparkar district in Sindh.

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Pastoralism

Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock.

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Ram Sharan Sharma

Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011), commonly referred to as R. S. Sharma, was an eminent historian and academic of Ancient and early Medieval India.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Vaishya Vani

Vaishya Vani is a sub-caste of Vaishyas, one of the varnas of Hinduism.They are traditionally traders and merchants and are found mainly in the Indian regions of Konkan, Goa, some parts of coastal and central Karnataka, and Kerala.

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Varna (Hinduism)

Varṇa (वर्णः) is a Sanskrit word which means type, order, colour or class.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishya

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