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'''Lone''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri:]] [[Devanagari]]: लोन्; [[Perso-Arabic]]: لون, 'lōn'; /loːn/), historically known as Lavanya (from Sanskrit [https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF#Sanskrit लावण्य/lāvaṇya])<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kalhana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzxTkI9iAxkC&q=Lavanya&pg=PA425 |title=Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir: Vol 1 & 2 |date=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-0370-1 |pages=306 |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] surname found in the [[India]]n administered union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and the [[Pakistan]]i administered province of [[Azad Kashmir]].

==Origin==
Lones are believed to be the descendants of ancient Lavanya clan of Kashmir.<ref>{{citation |last=Mohan |first=Krishna |title=Kashmir under the Loharas, A.D. 1003-1171 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29638/1/10752610.pdf |page=287 |year=1958 |publisher=Journal: SOAS University of London |quote=....As pointed out by Stein, the kram or tribal name Lon survives to this day as a name for those people who were known as Lavanya in Medieval Kashmir...}}</ref> The 11th-century Sanskrit-language text ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' mentions the Lavanyas of a place called Lahara.<ref>{{citation |last=Bazaz |first=Prem Nath |title=Daughters of the Vitasta: A History of Kashmiri Women from Early Times to the Present Day |url=https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.537347/2015.537347.daughters-of.pdf |page=52 |year=1959 |publisher=Pamposh Publications, 1959 |quote=.....The turbulent Lavanaya (modern Lone) tribe resorted to the nefarious activities for which they had become notorious but the firm-minded and iron-handed queen kept them under control and maintained peace throughout the land.....}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Stein |first=Marc Aurel |title=Kalhana's Rajatarangini Vol 1 |url=https://ia601204.us.archive.org/6/items/RajataranginiVol1/1900%20Kalhana%27s%20Rajatarangini%20Vol%201%20translated%20by%20Stein%20s.pdf |page=359 |year=1949 |publisher=Univ. of Panjab |quote=Having found out a vulnerable point of the Darads, he urged on the king to seize the fort called Dugdhaghata along with the Lavanyas of Lahara.}}</ref> Lahara is identified with the modern [[Lar, Jammu and Kashmir|Lar]] town of Kashmir.<ref>{{citation |last=Mohan |first=Krishna |title=Kashmir under the Loharas, A.D. 1003-1171 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29638/1/10752610.pdf |page=88 |year=1958 |publisher=Journal: SOAS University of London |quote=....Pancacandra, who had succeeded to his father Gargacandra's rich estates in Lahara (modern Lar) ....}}</ref>

Another account of the possible back migration of Lones comes from Sir Walter Lawrence according to which the villagers of Kashmir said that Lones had come from [[Chilas]].<ref>{{citation |last=Lawrence |first=Walter R.|title=The valley of Kashmir |url=https://ia801301.us.archive.org/24/items/valleyofkashmir00lawruoft/valleyofkashmir00lawruoft.pdf |page=306 |year=1895 |publisher=London H. Frowde |quote=The villagers say that the Lons came from Chilas.}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Sajjad Gani Lone]]
* [[Abdul Gani Lone]]
*[[Shabnam Gani Lone]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Kashmiri tribes]]
[[Category:Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir]]

[[Category:Kashmiri-language surnames]]

Lone caste - Revision history

ThanhBertie49 at 06:55, 1 January 2026