Charan
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Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Sindhi: چارڻ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. Historically, Charans have been engaged in diverse occupations like bards, poets, historians, pastoralists, agriculturalists and also administrators, jagirdars and warriors and some even as traders.
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Historical roles and occupations
- Poets and historians
- Administrators
- Warriors and military role
- Arbitrators and diplomats
- Traders and merchants
- Protectors of mercantile trade
- Horse trade
- Social structure
- Clans and divisions
- History
- Etymology
- Mythological Origins
- Emergence in Rajput polity
- Culture and ethos
- Patronized groups
- Opium usage
- Contributions to Indian literature
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Sindhi: چارڻ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. Historically, Charans have been engaged in diverse occupations like bards, poets, historians, pastoralists, agriculturalists and also administrators, jagirdars and warriors and some even as traders.
== Historical roles and occupations ==
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