Lohana

Lohana
Regions with significant populations
	India, Pakistan, South Africa, Europe
Languages
	Primarily Gujarati, Kutchi, Sindhi
Religion
	mainly Hinduism and Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Gujarati people • Sindhi people • Khoja • Memon • Dawoodi Bohras • Sulaymani Bohras • Alavi Bohras

Lohana (also referred to as Loharana, Thakkar, and Barai) are a trading or mercantile jāti mostly in India and also in Pakistan.^[1]^[2]

The Lohanas are divided into many separate cultural groups as a result of centuries apart in different regions. Thus there are significant differences between the culture, language, professions and societies of Gujarati Lohanas and Kutchi Lohanas from Gujarat, India and Sindhi Lohanas from Sindh, Pakistan (the latter having largely migrated to India as well).

^ Tapan Raychaudhuri; Dharma Kumar; Irfan Habib; Meghnad Desai (1983). The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 2, C.1757-c.1970. CUP Archive. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.
^ Yasir Suleiman (21 April 2010). Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-7486-4219-9.

[RaychaudhuriKumarHabib1983-1] Tapan Raychaudhuri; Dharma Kumar; Irfan Habib; Meghnad Desai (1983). The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 2, C.1757-c.1970. CUP Archive. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-0-521-22802-2.

[Suleiman2010-2] Yasir Suleiman (21 April 2010). Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-7486-4219-9.

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