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The '''Dungri Garasia''' are a clan of the [[Bhil]] ethnic community found in the states of [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] in India. They have [[scheduled tribe]] status.<br />
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==Origin==<br />
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The word Dungri literally hills and Garasia means a clearer of forest in the [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] dialect. According to their traditions, this community of Bhils migrated from [[Mewar]] about three hundred years ago{{ Citation needed|date=October 2019}} to escape the [[Muslim]] forces attacking the [[Maharana Pratap]]. They are now found in the [[taluk]]s of Meghraj, Bhiloda, Vijaynagar, and Khed Brahma taheshil, Gujarat, where the community still speaks [[vagdi]].<ref name="poi">{{cite book |title=People of India Gujarat Volume XXII Part One |editor1-first=R. B |editor1-last=Lal |editor2-first=S. V. |editor2-last=Padmanabham |editor3-first=A. |editor3-last=Mohideen |pages=222–225 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC |isbn=9788179911044 |year=2003}}</ref><br />
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==Present circumstances==<br />
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===Gujarat===<br />
In Gujarat, the Adivasi dungri garasia are an endogamous community. They consists of two sub-divisions, the Bhagat and Sansari, who do not intermarry. These sub-divisions in turn consist of clans, which are exogamous. The major clan groupings are the Balat, Kharadi, Pandor, Parmar, Moria, Damor, Gameti,Ninama,Taral, Bhagora, Suvera, Joshiyara, Asari and Katara.<ref name="poi" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Bhil Clans}}<br />
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[[Category:Bhil clans]]<br />
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