Kharwar : is a community which traced its origin to Sūryavanshis who migrated from Rohtas. A group of them claim descent from the dynasty called Khadaga, probably corrupt form of Khāravela, king of Kalinga (Odishā), a Jain warrior, who extended his empire from the kingdom of the Pāṇdyās in the south to Magadha in the north. Some Khārwārs claim descent from zamindars who became Rajas of Rāmgarh. The benevolent Octopus reduced them to farmers, hunters, fishermen.
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