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Bengali Hindu trading caste
Gandhabanik
is a
Bengali Hindu
trading caste, who as the caste name suggests, traditionally used to trade in perfumes, cosmetics, spices etc.
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They were also engaged in agriculture.
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As of late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging to
Nabasakh
group.
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It is believed that the legendary sea merchant
Chand Sadagar
of ancient
Champaknagar
was from Gandhabanik community.
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Varna Status
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Gandhabaniks have generally been considered as 'middle class shudras' in the caste structure of Bengal.
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References
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The Eastern Anthropologist
. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1963. pp. 66, 68.
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Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress
. 1973. p. 589.
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Bhowmick, P. K. (1969).
Occupational Mobility and Caste Structure in Bengal: Study of Rural Market
. Indian Publications.
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Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998).
India's Communities
. Oxford University Press. p. 946.
ISBN
978-0-19-563354-2
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Sanyal, Hitesranjan (1981).
Social Mobility in Bengal
. Papyrus. p. 115.
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Sengupta, Saswati (2020-11-30).
Mutating Goddesses: Bengal's Laukika Hinduism and Gender Rights
. Oxford University Press. p. 104.
ISBN
978-0-19-099325-2
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Bhaumik, Sudarshana (2022).
The Changing World of Caste and Hierarchy in Bengal: Depiction from the Mangalkavyas C. 1700-1931
. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. p. 241.
ISBN
978-1-003-14618-6
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Mitra, A. (1953). The Tribes and Castes of West Bengal (Report). Census 1951. Land and Land Revenue Department, Government of West Bengal. p. 21.
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Sarma, Jyotirmoyee (1980).
Caste Dynamics Among the Bengali Hindus
. Firma KLM. p. 184.
ISBN
978-0-8364-0633-7
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