Oswals

Oswal

Oswal

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The Oswal (sometimes spelled Oshwal or Osval) are a Śvetāmbara Jain-majority Baniya community with origins in Osian, a town in the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India.[1][2] They claim to be of Rajput descent.[3]

They were formerly also found in the Tharparkar district of Sindh (pre-partition).

References

  1. [1]
    Babb, Lawrence A. (2004). Alchemies of Violence: Myths of Identity and the Life of Trade in Western India. SAGE. pp. 164–178. ISBN 9780761932239.
  2. [2]
    Sangave, Vilas Adinath (1980) [1959]. Jain Community: A Social Survey. Popular Prakashan. pp. 83–88.
  3. [3]
    Harlan, Lindsey (2003). The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship. Oxford University Press. p. 66.
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