What is the ethnic group of Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India, northern and central Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and northeastern Afghanistan?
Q: What is the ethnic group of Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India, northern and central Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and northeastern Afghanistan?
A: The ethnic group is Gurjar or Gujjar (also translitterated as Gujar , Gurjara and Gujjer).
Q: What language is closely related to Rajasthani and Marwari?
A: The Gujari language is closely related to Rajasthani and Marwari.
Q: How long did the Gurjar-Pratihara dynasty act as a barrier to invasions from Muslim Arabs?
A: The Gurjar-Pratihara dynasty acted as a barrier to invasions from Muslim Arabs for around 300 centuries.
Q: In what areas were there Gujjar kings during the 15th-16th century?
A: During the 15th-16th century, there were Gujjar kings in the areas of Meerut and Dadri.
Q: Are Hindu or Muslim Gujjars found in more Indian states?
A: Hindu Gujjars are found in more Indian states than Muslim Gujjars. Hindu Gujjars are found in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh and to a smaller extent Punjab. Muslim Gujjars are found in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab, Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in the Afghanistan province of Nuristan.
Q: Why did Hindu gujjars have to live in jungles during Islamic rule?
A: With Islamic rule in North India, the Hindu Gujjars had to live in jungles in order to save their Hindu faith and survive.
