Kashmiri kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of Kashmiri cultural anthropology. Hindu and Muslim Kashmiri people living in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India and other parts of the world are from the same ethnicity.
Kashmiri Hindus claim to be Saraswat Brahmans and are known by the exonym Pandit.[1] The Muslims living in Kashmir are of the same stock as the Kashmiri Pandit community and are designated as Kashmiri Muslims.[2] Kashmiri Muslims are descended from Kashmiri Hindus and are also known as 'Sheikhs'.[3][4][5] Both the Kashmiri Hindus and Muslim society reckons descent patrilineally. Certain property and titles may be inherited through the male line, but certain inheritances may accrue through the female line.
Kashmiri Muslim tribes from Kashmiri Pandit Lineage
- Bhat / Butt[6][7][8][9]
- Dhar / Dar[7][9]
- Manto / Mantu[9]
- Ganai[9]
- Mattoo
- Pandit[8]
- Razdan
- Kaul
- Sapru
- Yatoo[9]
- Munshi
See also
- Kashmiris
- Kashmiri diaspora
- Kashmiri Muslims
- Kashmiris of Punjab
- List of Kashmiris
- Dynasties of ancient Kashmir
- History of Jammu and Kashmir
References
- ↑ Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(2016). ISBN 9781315430393
- ↑ Census of India, 1941{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
- ↑ Kashmiri Pandits: Looking to the Future{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. APH Publishing(2001). ISBN 9788176482363
- ↑ A Demographic Profile of the People of Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of Human Ecology({Template:Year).
- ↑ A Demographic Profile of the People of Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of Human Ecology({Template:Year).
- ↑ The Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, Volume 52{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. The Survey(2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Explore Kashmiri Pandits{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Dharma Publications. ISBN 9780963479860
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Disappearing Peoples?: Indigenous Groups and Ethnic Minorities in South and Central Asia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(2016). ISBN 9781315430393
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Proceedings - Indian History Congress, Volume 63{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian History Congress(2003)