Dhakar/Dhakad
Regions with significant populations
India
Religion
Hinduism

Dhakar is a Hindu agricultural kshatriya caste in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.They claimed to be descendants of Rajput clans.[1][2][3]

Dharkat or Dhakar was an important merchant community in Rajasthan mentioned in several inscriptions. They are still available in some regions of Rajasthan and chambal region of MP but survive as a small Jain community in Vidarbha region.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ Gupta, Giri Raj (1973). Marriage, Religion, and Society: Pattern of Change in an Indian Village. Wiley. p. 28. ISBN 9780470336489.
  2. ^ Singh, C. S. K. (1995). The Sound of Drums: Tribal Movement in Rajasthan, 1881-1947. Manak Publications. pp. 116, 163. ISBN 9788185445908.
  3. ^ Das, Nava Kishor (2003). Culture, Religion, and Philosophy: Critical Studies in Syncretism and Inter-faith Harmony. Rawat Publications. p. 285. ISBN 9788170338208.
  4. ^ Jain, Kailash Chand (1963). Jainism in Rajasthan: Issue 15 of Jīvarāja Jaina granthamālā. Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi. p. 108.
  5. ^ Kasliwal, Kastoor Chand (1989). Khaṇḍelavāla Jaina samāja kā vr̥had itihāsa (in Hindi). Jaina Itihāsa Prakāśana Saṃsthāna. p. 327.


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