Bhumla

Bhumla, Bumla
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EthnicityGurjar (Gujjar)

Bhumla,[1][2][3][4] (occasionally spelled), as Bumla or Bhoomla[5][6] is a Punjabi and Haryanvi speaking clan found among the Hindu and Muslim Gurjars.[7]

Ethnography[edit]

This Gujjar clan is found in Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara[3] and Islamabad regions of Pakistan. In India they are mostly found in Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir,[4] Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,[7][3] Haryana[1] and Delhi.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Haryana State Gazetteer. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. 2001. Gujjar is a martial community which struggled for the preservation of their freedom for centuries. Gujar or Gurjar gotras are numerous in Karnal. A few of them in general are listed below : - 1. Cheehi 2. Poswal 3. Bhadana 4. Chhokar 5. Bhumla 6. Bhatti 7. Meelu 8. Gighar 9. Kepar 10. Chauhan 11. Chaudhry 12. Kataria 13. Pratiharas 14.Parmars 15.Chalukas (Chaluk).
  2. ^ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1987). Rahmat Ali: A Biography. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-515-05051-7. Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar , Chokhar , Rawal , Kalsan , Kathana , Kasanah , Kalas , Gorsi , Chechi , Dhedar , Poswal , Lawi , Bijar , Khaindar , Melu , Thakaria , Chauhan , Monan , Bhumla.
  3. ^ a b c Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz. p. 446. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
  4. ^ a b Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples: Acehnese. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-24639-5. Gujars speak Gujari, considered to be a dialect of Rajasthani, an Indic language (of the Indo-Iranian sector of the Indo-European family) similar to most languages of northern India. Their gots (clans) are 'Bhumbla, Chauhan, Chandela, Lodhe, Katarya , Poswal , Kasave , Rawal and Tomar.
  5. ^ Grover, Neelam; Singh, Kashi N. (2004). Cultural Geography, Form and Process: Essays in Honour of Prof. A.B. Mukerji. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-074-7.
  6. ^ Nihal, Singh (2003). The Royal Gurjars: Their Contribution to India. Anmol Publications. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-261-1414-6. The system of land division prompted the emergence of hamlet settlements. Village paharput was settled by three Gujjar clans namely, Bhoomla, Kallas, and Khatana who came from different villages.
  7. ^ a b Panjab University Research Journal: Arts. Punjab University. 2005. p. 38.


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