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Lohar (Lohara) is considered to be a sub-caste among Hindus and Sikhs and a clan among Muslims in Northern India, Northern Pakistan and Nepal.〔Bhattachan included the Lohar among the Madhesi Dalit in his report on minorities in Nepal, listing some 82,000. 〕〔In Annex I, Bhattarai lists the Lohar as ''iron-workers'' under the Madhesi as 0.36% of the Nepalese population. 〕 In India the Lohars are also known as Vishwakarma, Sharma or Panchals. Muslim Lohar in North India are known as Saifi. The Pakistani city of Lahore was once called Loharpur, the city of the Lohar dynasty. Writers of the Raj period often used the term ''Lohar'' as a synonym for ''blacksmith'', although there are other traditional smithing communities, such as the Ramgarhia and Sikligars, and numerous non-traditional communities, including the Yadavs, Kayasthas, Rajputs and even Brahmins. ==Exogamous divisions== * Dagar * Panchal * Yaduvanshi * Solanki * Dangi * Lohana * Panwar * Chauhan * Dharu / dharra〔〔India's communities, Volume 6-page-2017〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lohar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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