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The Tarkhan are a community commonly found in the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. They are traditionally carpenters by occupation. The Hindu Tarkhans are generally identified as Khatis or Suthar, following the Vishwakarma community of India. The Tarkhan Sikhs were said to be much more advanced than the Muslim and Hindu Tarkhans. They were known to have owned large areas of land and in some cases, villages. Tarkhan Sikhs are among those groups identified as Ramgarhias, after the Misl leader Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. Despite Sikhism generally rejecting the caste system, it does have its own hierarchy and in that the Ramgarhias, of which the Tarkhans are a part, rank second to the none in Punjab. During the British rule in Africa a large number of Sikhs were taken to East Africa, for cheap labour, over 90 percent of whom were Ramgarhia Sikh, due to their skills in carpentry. ==See also== *Dhiman 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「Tarkhan (Punjab)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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