Kamboj

The Kamboj (Punjabi: ਕੰਬੋਜ Kamboj, Hindi: कंबोज Kamboj), also Kamboh (Urdu: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Kamboh), is a cultivating community of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.[1] By religion, the Hindu, the Sikh and the Jain Kamboj are mostly found in the east in India while most of the Muslim Kamboj are found in the west in Pakistan.[1][2]

Kamboj
Regions with significant populations
India • Pakistan
Languages
PunjabiDogriHindiUrdu
Religion
HinduismIslamSikhism
Related ethnic groups
Muslim Kamboh

See also

References

  1. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1997. pp. 442–445. ISBN 978-81-85297-69-9.
  2. Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7.
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