Hans (clan)

Hans is an eponymous Punjabi Arora clan of Khatri community found in India. It originates from the Sanskrit hams, meaning swan or goose.[1] It is also a Jat clan.[2] The name can also be found amongst the Bhangi (Chuhra) and Balmiki (Mirasi) castes.[3][4]

Hans
Arora, Jat, Chuhra, and Mirasi clan
EthnicityPunjabis
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism

See also

References
  1. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195081374.
  2. Peacock, Andrew Charles Spencer (2017). Islamisation : comparative perspectives from history. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-4744-1713-6. OCLC 981708615. For the Khokhars, such alliances can be dated back to the mid-fifteenth century, while similar marital alliances with the shrine can be traced for other Jat clans, such as the Bhattis, Hans and Dhudhis.
  3. Shyamlal (1992). The Bhangi : a sweeper caste, its socio-economic portraits : with special reference to Jodhpur City. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 51. ISBN 81-7154-550-5. OCLC 26504606.
  4. People of India. Punjab. I. J. S. Bansal, Swaran Singh, Anthropological Survey of India. New Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. 2003. pp. 60, 322. ISBN 81-7304-123-7. OCLC 55042800.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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