Agrahari

For Sikh community from East India, see Agrahari Sikh.
For other uses, see Agrahari (disambiguation).

Maharaja Agrasena from whom the Agraharis claim descent.[1]

Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is an Indian Vaishya community, They are the descendants of legendary king Agrasena.[2] Predominantly, they are found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,[3] Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Terai region of Nepal.[4]

  1. ^ Narath, Radhika (22 September 2017). "People still carry out Maharaja Agrasen's ideals". The Pioneer. India.
  2. ^ Kumar Suresh Singh; Amir Hasan; Hasan, Baqr; Raza Rizvi; J. C. Das (2005). People of India: Uttar Pradesh , Voume 42, Part (illustrated ed.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-73041-14-3.
  3. ^ Lalit Mohan Sankhdher (1974). Caste Interaction in Village Tribe: An anthropological Case Study of the Tribes in Dhanaura Village in Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh. K. P. Publications. p. 10–1.
  4. ^ Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. p. 6. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.