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Dhakar/Kirar/Kirad is a Hindu agricultural Kshatriya caste in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.[1][2][3]
Dharkat or Dhakar was an important merchant and Kshatriya community in Rajasthan mentioned in several inscriptions. They are still available in some regions of Rajasthan and chambal region of Madhya Pradesh but survive as a small community in Vidarbha region.[4][5]
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[edit]- ^ Gupta, Giri Raj (1973). Marriage, Religion, and Society: Pattern of Change in an Indian Village. Wiley. p. 28. ISBN 9780470336489.
- ^ Singh, C. S. K. (1995). The Sound of Drums: Tribal Movement in Rajasthan, 1881-1947. Manak Publications. pp. 116, 163. ISBN 9788185445908.
- ^ Das, Nava Kishor (2003). Culture, Religion, and Philosophy: Critical Studies in Syncretism and Inter-faith Harmony. Rawat Publications. p. 285. ISBN 9788170338208.
- ^ Jain, Kailash Chand (1963). Jainism in Rajasthan: Issue 15 of Jīvarāja Jaina granthamālā. Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi. p. 108.
- ^ Kasliwal, Kastoor Chand (1989). Khaṇḍelavāla Jaina samāja kā vr̥had itihāsa (in Hindi). Jaina Itihāsa Prakāśana Saṃsthāna. p. 327.
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