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Palkar (other)
Palkar may refer to: *Saurashtra people, Hindu community of South India *Saurashtra language Saurashtra (Saurashtra script: , Tamil script: சௌராட்டிர மொழி, Devanagari script: सौराष्ट्र भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Saurashtra people, Saur ..., their Indo-Aryan language See also * Saurashtra (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saurashtra People
The Saurashtra people, or Saurashtrians, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic Hindu Brahmin community of South India who speak the Saurashtra language, an Indo-Aryan Gujarati language, and predominantly reside in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Saurashtrians trace their ancestry to the historical region of Saurashtra in Western India. Their migration to Southern India owes to the forays and desecration of the Somnath temple triggered by the frequent Muslim invasions, most notably by Mahmud Ghazni. They are known for their expertise in traditional vedic practices and rituals. Apart from being priests and scholars, they are also been involved in various professions such as agriculture, trade, and business and were a prominent industrious and prosperous mercantile community of merchants and weavers in southern India until the 20th century. They have contributed to the cultural and social fabric of Tamil Nadu in many ways and have con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saurashtra Language
Saurashtra (Saurashtra script: , Tamil script: சௌராட்டிர மொழி, Devanagari script: सौराष्ट्र भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily by the Saurashtra people, Saurashtrians of Southern India who migrated from the Lata (region), Lata region of present-day Gujarat to south of Vindhyas in the Medieval India, Middle Ages. Saurashtra, an offshoot of Sauraseni Prakrit, once spoken in the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region of Gujarat, is now chiefly spoken in various places of Tamil Nadu and are mostly concentrated in Madurai, Thanjavur and Salem, Tamil Nadu, Salem Districts of India, Districts. The language has its own script of the same name, but is also written in the Tamil script, Tamil, Telugu script, Telugu, and Devanagari scripts. The Saurashtra script is of Brahmi script, Brahmic origin, although its exact derivation is not known. Unlike most of the surrounding Dravidian languages, Saurashtra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
