Dungri Garasia

The Dungri Garasia are a clan of the Bhil ethnic community found in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. They have scheduled tribe status.

Origin[]

The word Dungri literally hills and Garasia means a clearer of forest in the Rajasthani dialect. According to their traditions, this community of Bhils migrated from Mewar about three hundred years ago^{[citation needed]} to escape the Muslim forces attacking the Maharana Pratap. They are now found in the taluks of Meghraj, Bhiloda, Vijaynagar, and Khed Brahma taheshil, Gujarat, where the community still speaks vagdi.^[1]

Present circumstances[]

Gujarat[]

In Gujarat, the Adivasi dungri garasia are an endogamous community. They consists of two sub-divisions, the Bhagat and Sansari, who do not intermarry. These sub-divisions in turn consist of clans, which are exogamous. The major clan groupings are the Balat, Kharadi, Pandor, Parmar, Moria, Damor, Gameti, Taral, Bhagora, Suvera, Joshiyara, Asari and Katara.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lal, R. B; Padmanabham, S. V.; Mohideen, A., eds. (2003). People of India Gujarat Volume XXII Part One. Popular Prakashan. pp. 222–225. ISBN 9788179911044.

[poi-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lal, R. B; Padmanabham, S. V.; Mohideen, A., eds. (2003). People of India Gujarat Volume XXII Part One. Popular Prakashan. pp. 222–225. ISBN 9788179911044.

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