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]
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| India • Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi • Dogri • Hindi • Urdu | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism • Islam • Sikhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Muslim Kamboh |
See also
References
- 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.
- Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E. (27 March 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. OUP Oxford. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7.
External links
| Look up Kamboj in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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