Gurjar | |
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Tribal confederacy | |
Ethnicity | Punjabi, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Sindhi, Haryanvi, Marathi |
Location | South Asia |
Language | Punjabi, Kashmiri, Hindi-Urdu, Gujarati, Sindhi, Haryanvi, Gojri, Pashto, Balochi |
Religion | Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism |
Gurjar or Gujjar (also transliterated as Gurjara, Gujar, Gujjara and Gujjer) is a large tribal confederacy, consisting of various clans, kin bodies and local groups, residing mainly in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. They are divided internally into 1788 to 2000 clan groups. They have, historically, been nomadic and pastoral.