Chamayan

**Chamayan**, **Chamain**
Chamayan, Chamain
Religions	Hinduism; Sikhism; Islam;
Languages	Gujari; Punjabi; Gujarati; Haryanvi; Marwari; Pahari; Pashto; Balochi; Hindi;
Country	India; Pakistan;
Region	Gujjarat; Rajasthan Punjab; Kashmir; Sindh; Balochistan; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh;
Ethnicity	Gurjar
Lineage	Hindu

Chamayan^[1] is also referred to as Chamayin, Chamain^[2]^[3] or Chaim is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic group found in India and Pakistan. They adhere to many religions, including the Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.

Origin

They are descendants and offshoots of the Tanwar Rajput and Gujjar mother.^[4]^[5]

Ethnography

Chamayan Gurjars are found in almost all provinces of Pakistan, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Although in India they were found in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana^[6]^[1] and Dehli.^[7] Some Chamayan Gurjar also found in different provinces of Afghanistan including the Kabul, Kandahar, Nuristani and Nangarhar.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Forbes, Duncan (2023-06-08). A Dictionary , Hindustani and English: Part I. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 327. ISBN 978-3-382-33057-6. Chamayan, a small clan of the gujar tribe in Panipat Bargar.
^ Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8.
^ ^a ^b Bellew, Henry Walter (2000). An Enquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared for and Presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (London, September, 1891). Bhavana Books & Prints. p. 146. ISBN 978-81-86505-26-7.
^ “CHAMAIN, a tribe of Gujars, claiming descent from a Tunwar Rájput by a Gujar mother. They came from Delhi and are very old inhabitants of the Karnal District, having possibly been expelled from Delbi by Sher Sháh. Chamain is probably only a local appellation.”, Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Contemporary Social Sciences. Research Foundation of India. 1978. p. 107. The Chhokar from Jadon; the Chamayin (Chamayan) from a Tuar; the Kalsian of Kairana, and the Mavi, from a Chauhan; the Pilwan from a Pundir: the Adhana from a Bed- gujar.
^ Swaran, Singh; Bhalla, V. (1997). Chandigarh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7304-119-8. Gujjar:The community has a number of clans. The principal clans are Barsoi, Dhanga, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatana, Rawal, Khare, Seradra, Pilwara, Awana, Kumbar, Madi, Chechi, Koli, Chadri, Chanda, Mutan, Nekari, Rawat, Rajana, Budana. The clans regulate their marriage alliance.
^ Bingley, A. H.; Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1978). History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars. Ess Ess Publications. p. 40. The principal Gujjar clans of the Delhi are as follows:- Barsoi, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatāna, Rāwal, Khare

Important notes

William Crooke (1890) An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press. p.90
Duncan Forbes (1866) A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary, English and Hindustani W.H. Allen & Company. p.327
Edward Balfour (1885) The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures · Volume 1 Bernard Quaritch. p.646
A. H. Bingley, Krishna Prakash Bahadur (1978) History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars Ess Ess Publications. p.40

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[:1-1] Forbes, Duncan (2023-06-08). A Dictionary , Hindustani and English: Part I. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 327. ISBN 978-3-382-33057-6. Chamayan, a small clan of the gujar tribe in Panipat Bargar.

[2] Khari, Rahul (2007). Jats and Gujars: Origin, History and Culture. Reference Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-81-8405-031-8.

[:2-3] Bellew, Henry Walter (2000). An Enquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan: Prepared for and Presented to the Ninth International Congress of Orientalists (London, September, 1891). Bhavana Books & Prints. p. 146. ISBN 978-81-86505-26-7.

[4] “CHAMAIN, a tribe of Gujars, claiming descent from a Tunwar Rájput by a Gujar mother. They came from Delhi and are very old inhabitants of the Karnal District, having possibly been expelled from Delbi by Sher Sháh. Chamain is probably only a local appellation.”, Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Maclagan (1990). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[5] Contemporary Social Sciences. Research Foundation of India. 1978. p. 107. The Chhokar from Jadon; the Chamayin (Chamayan) from a Tuar; the Kalsian of Kairana, and the Mavi, from a Chauhan; the Pilwan from a Pundir: the Adhana from a Bed- gujar.

[:0-6] Swaran, Singh; Bhalla, V. (1997). Chandigarh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-7304-119-8. Gujjar:The community has a number of clans. The principal clans are Barsoi, Dhanga, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatana, Rawal, Khare, Seradra, Pilwara, Awana, Kumbar, Madi, Chechi, Koli, Chadri, Chanda, Mutan, Nekari, Rawat, Rajana, Budana. The clans regulate their marriage alliance.

[7] Bingley, A. H.; Bahadur, Krishna Prakash (1978). History, Caste & Culture of Jāts and Gūjars. Ess Ess Publications. p. 40. The principal Gujjar clans of the Delhi are as follows:- Barsoi, Chamayan, Chhokar, Khatāna, Rāwal, Khare

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