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Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is a Rajput origin Vaishya community, claimed to be descendants of legendary king Agrasena, mainly found in south Asian countries like India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma. Alternate spellings include Agraharee, Agarahari, Agarhari, Agarehari, Agraharay, Agrahary, Agarahary, Agraheri, Agreheri, Agrehri, Agrhry, Agrhri, Agrhary, Agrahry, Agrahri, Agrahori, Agrohori, and Agrohari. Predominately, they founded in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and Gujarat. The group has been associated with the Agrawal, though scholars differ as to whether the terms are synonymous. Robert Vane Russell and Nesfield, both of whom were colonial administrators in India during British Raj period, noted the community’s presence as a Bania sub cast in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, respectively. ==History== J.C. Nesfield noted, Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya said "The Agrahari found chiefly in the districts around Benares. Their numerical strength is slightly in excess of one hundred thousand. There are not many wealthy men among them. They take the sacred thread, and, like the other leading Baniya clans, are strict vegetarians and teetotalers. There are many Agraharis who have embraced the Sikh faith. There is a large colony of such Agraharis in the district of Arrah." R. V. Russell (1873-1915) of Indian Civil Service, Superintendent of ethnography and Rai Bahadur Hira Lal wrote, "Agrahari-a sub caste of Bania found chiefly Jubbulpore district and Raigarh state. Their name connected with the cities with Agra and Agroha." In Chhattisgarh, Central Provinces of British India, some of few Agrahari were Malgujars/Zamindars. The ruler of Raigarh awarded the title Sao to Agraharis. The title still continues. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agrahari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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