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GujarThe Gujar were a group of migrants in one of the several migratory waves that brought Indo-Europeans into South-Asia. Oral traditions of the tribe and certain archaeological (particularly cultural and phonetic) evidence suggests that the word Gujar is a derivation of Gurjara and is the same Georgia - making the Gujar tribes to be of Central Asian origin (Georgia-Chechnya etc). Majority of the Gujars rest in what is today Pakistan, while India holds the second largest Gujar population. Gujars are numerous in the disputed state of Kashmir and can also be found as minorities in Afghanistan and Iran - a suggestion to the remnants of the meandering forefathers of the present day Gujars who found their way into Rajasthan as nomads and were quickly absorbed by the local Brahmins as the warrior caste. Historians agree that both the Gujar & Jat tribes have the same Scythian origin. It is no wonder that the tribal traditions of these people relate in the war-like and martial traditions of their Scythian ancestors. The Gujar is characterized by his strong and large built. They later on ruled a large area of South-Asia under the nomenclature of 'Gurjara-Pratihara kingdom'. Majority of the Gujars are muslim today. This once legendary tribe has now receded into the tumultous brunt of historical and political configuration over the last few centuries.
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