Labana

Labana (sometimes also Lubana, Lavana ) is a social and ethnic group in India. Its members were traditionally transporters, carriers and merchants; they are now mostly agriculturists.

Labana , Lubana
Labanas in Lahore. (Pre independence India.)
LanguagesPunjabi, Lubanaki
CountryPrimarily India

Culture

The Labana were historically a part of the nomadic Banjara community of merchants and transporters. Whilst many Banjara groups would deal in any goods that might make a profit, the Labanas specialised in the transport of salt.[1]

Labanki, which once was the dialect of Labanas, is an extinct Indo-Aryan language. It was a mixture of Marwari, Saraiki, Gujarati and Marathi.[2]

Notable people

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References

  1. Habib, Irfan (1990). "Merchant Communities in Precolonial India". In Tracy, James D. (ed.). The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press. pp. 371–99. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563089. ISBN 978-0-52145-735-4.
  2. Bhavnani, Nandita (2014). The Making of Exile: Sindhi Hindus and the Partition of India. Tranquebar Press. ISBN 978-9-38403-033-9.

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