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Gandhabanik

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Bengali Hindu trading caste
Gandhabanik
Cover ofGandhabanik magazine, Issue-1, 1367
Kuladevi (female)Gandheswari mata
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesBengali
Populated statesWest Bengal,Jharkhand,Tripura,Assam

Gandhabanik (Bengali:গন্ধবণিক) is aBengali Hindu trading caste, who as the caste name suggests, traditionally used to trade in perfumes, cosmetics, spices etc.[1][2] They were also engaged in agriculture.[3] As of late nineteenth century they were one of the fourteen castes belonging toNabasakh group.[4]

It is believed that the legendary sea merchantChand Sadagar of ancientChampaknagar was from Gandhabanik community.[5][6]

Varna Status

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Gandhabaniks have generally been considered as 'middle class shudras' in the caste structure of Bengal.[5][7]

References

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  1. ^The Eastern Anthropologist. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1963. pp. 66, 68.
  2. ^Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress. 1973. p. 589.
  3. ^Bhowmick, P. K. (1969).Occupational Mobility and Caste Structure in Bengal: Study of Rural Market. Indian Publications.
  4. ^Sanyal, Hitesranjan (1981).Social Mobility in Bengal. Papyrus. p. 115.
  5. ^abSengupta, Saswati (2020-11-30).Mutating Goddesses: Bengal's Laukika Hinduism and Gender Rights. Oxford University Press. p. 104.ISBN 978-0-19-099325-2.
  6. ^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.
  7. ^Sarma, Jyotirmoyee (1980).Caste Dynamics Among the Bengali Hindus. Firma KLM. p. 184.ISBN 978-0-8364-0633-7.
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