Rajesh Kochhar [email protected] This essay first describes how the question of Punjabi Khatri identity arose as part of colonial ethnology. It then briefly reviews the structure and the legends. Finally a hypothesis is proposed to explain the origin of the Khatri caste and its relationships: i. Persons of Greek extraction who had […]
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