Lohar

Lohar
Kawasan ramai penduduk
	• India • Nepal

Lohar dianggap sebagai satu kasta di kalangan Hindu dan klan di kalangan Muslim dan Sikh di negeri Uttar Pradesh dan Jharkhand, India, serta di Nepal.^[1]^[2] Mereka secara tradisional membentuk kasta-kasta artisan.^[3] Penulis zaman Raj sering menggunakan istilah Lohar sebagai sinonim bagi tukang besi, walaupun terdapat komuniti tukang besi tradisional lain, seperti Ramgarhia dan Sikligar, serta pelbagai komuniti bukan tradisional, termasuk Kayastha, Rajput, dan Brahmin.^[4]

Rujukan

^ Bhattachan included the Lohar among the Madhesi Dalit in his report on minorities in Nepal, listing some 82,000. Bhattachan, Krishna B. (2008). Indigenous Peoples & Minorities of Nepal. Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN). m/s. 49. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2013-03-12.
^ In Annex I, Bhattarai lists the Lohar as iron-workers under the Madhesi as 0.36% of the Nepalese population. Bhattarai, Hari Prasad (2004). "Cultural Diversity and Pluralism in Nepal: Emerging Issues and the Search for a New Paradigm" (PDF). Contributions to Nepalese Studies. 31 (2): 293–340, page 339. Diarkibkan (PDF) daripada yang asal pada 2011-05-15.
^ Perez, Rosa Maria (2004). Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India. Orient Blackswan. m/s. 80. ISBN 978-8-18028-014-6.
^ Judge, Paramjit S.; Bal, Gurpreet (1996). Strategies of social change in India. M.D. Publications. m/s. 54. ISBN 978-81-7533-006-1. Dicapai pada 2012-03-21.

[1] Bhattachan included the Lohar among the Madhesi Dalit in his report on minorities in Nepal, listing some 82,000. Bhattachan, Krishna B. (2008). Indigenous Peoples & Minorities of Nepal. Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN). m/s. 49. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2013-03-12.

[2] In Annex I, Bhattarai lists the Lohar as iron-workers under the Madhesi as 0.36% of the Nepalese population. Bhattarai, Hari Prasad (2004). "Cultural Diversity and Pluralism in Nepal: Emerging Issues and the Search for a New Paradigm" (PDF). Contributions to Nepalese Studies. 31 (2): 293–340, page 339. Diarkibkan (PDF) daripada yang asal pada 2011-05-15.

[3] Perez, Rosa Maria (2004). Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India. Orient Blackswan. m/s. 80. ISBN 978-8-18028-014-6.

[4] Judge, Paramjit S.; Bal, Gurpreet (1996). Strategies of social change in India. M.D. Publications. m/s. 54. ISBN 978-81-7533-006-1. Dicapai pada 2012-03-21.

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