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Earliest groups of Sindhis came to the island of Ceylon which is the now modern day country of Sri Lanka estimated two centuries ago in hopes for business and trade. [3] and they came via migration from Hyderabad city of Sindh. [4] and most were Hindus that came to Sri Lanka due to business.
Most Sindhi tribes, clans and surnames are a modified form of a patronymic and typically end with the suffix - ani, Ja/Jo, or Potra/Pota, which is used to denote descent from a common male ancestor. One explanation states that the -ani suffix is a Sindhi variant of 'anshi', derived from the Sanskrit word 'ansh', which means 'descended from'.
Sindhis in Sri Lanka; Europe. Sindhi British; ... One of the oldest Sindhi tribes is the Charan. ... Sindhi has an attested history from the 10th century CE.
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Earliest groups of Sindhis came to the island of British Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) estimated two centuries ago in hopes for business and trade. [6] A majority of them had migrated from Hyderabad city of Sindh via the Arabian Sea, [7] and most were Hindus who had come for business. [8] [9]
Sindhi Pathan (Sindhi: پٺاڻ) or Pathans in Sindh are the name of ancestral Pashtun communities living in Sindh for centuries that have adopted the norms and culture of Sindh. Many bear the tribes Tareen, Naghar, Agha, and Kakar. The vast majority of Sindhi Pathans originate from Quetta and southern Afghanistan, and a few come from Khyber ...
The roots of Sindhi culture go back to the distant past. Archaeological research during the 19th and 20th centuries showed the roots of social life, religion, and culture of the people of the Sindh: their agricultural practises, traditional arts and crafts, customs and traditions, and other parts of social life, going back to a mature Indus Valley Civilization of the third millennium BC.
Sindhi tribes in India (2 C, ... 1 P) Pages in category "Sindhi diaspora" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Sindhis in Sri Lanka; W ...