Kahar
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Kahar
Synonyms: Chandrabansi, Kamkar, Rawani [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Kahal [West Bengal] Abdar, Bahia, Bahiot, Behara, Bhandari, Kamkar, Mah ara, Mahato, Raut, Sardar [H.H. Risley]
- Subcastes: Bisaria, Dhitnar, Dhuria, Garauwa, Garh
uk, Jaswar, Kharwara, Magahiya, Ramani, Rawani, Tur haiya [H.H. Risley] Batham, Bot, Dhimar, Dhinwar, Dhuriya, Gharuk, Jais war, Kamkar, Khawar, Mahar, Mallah, Raikwar, Rawani, Singhariya, Turaiya [W. Crooke] Surnames: Prasad, Ram, Singh, Verma [Bihar and/or Jh arkhand] Reward, Sindhu, Sing, Verma [West Bengal] Das [Dadra & Nagar Haveli] Bhandare, Gangole, Kachare, Lachure, Ladke, Padre, Simbre [Nanjundayya and Iyer] Aliman, Bando (a small wild cat), Kanda (sweet pota to), Kansi (a kind of grass), Kasyapa, Nag, Rawanpur, Suar (a pig) [H.H. Risley] Dahariya, Damrauiya, Imiliya (in Jhansi), Muderiya [W. Crooke] Gotra: Bharadwaj [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Exogamous units/lineages: Kachchim, Nag [West Bengal] Exogamous units/lineages (vans, khandan): [Bihar and/or Jharkhand]