Tirgar
The Tirgar are a
History and origin
The Tirgar derive their name from two words – tir meaning arrow and gar meaning maker. This community was traditionally associated with the manufacture of bows and arrows. Their origin myth relates to them being originally Rajput. They are said to have supplied arrows to the god Rama.[1] The Tirgar of Gujarat claim to have immigrated to the region in the Middle Ages, and were invited by the local Rajput community to manufacture bows and arrows.[2]
Present circumstances
The Tirgar are distributed in the districts of Jalor,
Hindu castes, they are divided into gotras, and they have twenty. There main clans are Chauhan, Bania, Dabi, Solanki, Parmar and Rathore, and they maintain the principle of gotra exogamy. With the demise of their traditional occupation, the community are now mainly engaged in agriculture. They are mainly landless, and depend on wage labour.[1]
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