List of Gurjar clans

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Gurjars or Gujjars, a tribe in South Asia, are divided in a large number of clans. They have as many as 1,178 clans. [1]

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References

  1. Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1969). Caste and Race in India . Popular Prakashan. pp.  232–. ISBN   978-81-7154-205-5.
  2. Vidya Prakash Tyagi (2009). Martial Races Of Undivided India.
  3. Sahni, Bindu. "Socio-religious dichotomy among the Gujjars of Himachal Pradesh." Social Sciences 4.02 (2016): 2016.