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Sindhis (/ ˈ s ɪ n d iː z /; Sindhi: سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (), romanized: sindhī; pronounced) [21] are an Indo-Aryan [21] ethnolinguistic group, originating from and native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, who share a common Sindhi culture, history and language.
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.
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'. [9 ...
The Sindhi people live mainly in the north-western part of India. Many Sindhis inhabit the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as well as the Indian capital of New Delhi. Most Sindhis of India follow the Hindu religion (90%), although Sindhi Sikhs are a prominent minority (5-10%).
The history of Sindh refers to the history of the modern-day Pakistani province of Sindh, as well as neighboring regions that periodically came under its sway. Sindh was the site of one of the Cradle of civilizations, the Bronze Age Indus Valley civilisation that flourished from about 3000 B.C. and declined rapidly 1,000 years later, following ...
The Sindhi diaspora consists of Sindhi people who have emigrated from the historical Sindh province of British India, [ 1] as well as the modern Sindh province of Pakistan, [ 2] to other countries and regions of the world, as well as their descendants. Apart from the Indian subcontinent, there is a large and well-established community of ...
The Balochs of Sindh, ( Sindhi: سنڌي ٻروچ, Balochi: سندی بلۏچ ), is a community of Sindhi -speaking Baloch tribes living throughout the Sindh province of Pakistan. [ 1] Settling in the region for centuries, Baloch tribes own large agricultural land and related businesses in Sindh, a large part of them being landlords in Sindh ...
Sindhi clothing are a part of the Sindhi culture. Sindhi women and men wear the Shalwar Qameez or the Kurta with Pyjama. Women also wear Sari or ghagra. However, before the adoption of the Shalwar kameez, kurta, the Sari as well as other articles of clothing, Sindhis had their own traditional costumes. The group of Sindhi girls in traditional ...