Sen (surname)

Sen (Bengali: সেন) is a native Bengali Hindu surname derived from "Sena", the Sanskrit word for "army".

The surname is commonly found in the Bengal region of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Bengali Baidya and Kayastha[1] communities. The Sena kings of Bengal claimed themselves as Brahmakshatriya or Kshatriya in their own inscriptions.[2] The surname is also found among some other castes of Bengal like Suvarna Banik, Gandhabanik and Teli.[3][4]

  1. ^ Ronald. B. Inden (January 1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. p. 40. ISBN 9780520025691.
  2. ^ Ronald. B. Inden (January 1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. p. 60. ISBN 9780520025691.
  3. ^ Gupta, Sankar Sen (1976). Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study. Indian Publications. p. 24.
  4. ^ Mukherjee, Rila (2006). Merchants and Companies in Bengal: Kasimbazar and Jugdia in the Eighteenth Century. Pragati Publications. pp. 36, 37. ISBN 978-81-7307-109-6.