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Portrait of three unidentified Tarkhan carpenters from Lahore with tools, ca.1862–72. The Tarkhan is a caste found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. They are traditionally carpenters by occupation. [1] The Hindu members of this clan are generally identified as Khatis, Suthars or Lohars following the Vishwakarma community of India. [2]
A Tarkhan at work, by Kehar Singh, circa mid-19th century. The Ramgarhia are a community of Sikhs from the Punjab region of northwestern India, encompassing members of the Lohar (blacksmiths) and Tarkhan (carpenters) subgroups. [1]
The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...
There is agreement among the sources that he was of Tarkhan [7] origin and was originally named Jassa Singh Thoka (Jassa Singh the Carpenter). [3] [4] [5] He had four brothers - Jai Singh, Khushal Singh, Mali Singh, and Tara Singh - and became head of the family when his father, Giani Bhagwan Singh, died. [8] [page needed]
Tarkhan (Punjab) V. Vishwakarma community This page was last edited on 18 May 2023, at 12:29 (UTC). Text is ... Category: Carpenter castes. Add languages ...
In Marwar, a carpenter is called a "Khati". It seems that the word Khati has been derived from the word Kath . Kath means wood and Khati's are engaged in the business of making wooden articles as carpenter. [2] A Khati is the same person who is called a Badai (बढ़ई) in the North West and Tarkhan in Punjab.
Other common Sikh castes include Ahluwalias (Brewers), Kambojs or Kambos (Rural caste), Ramgarhias (Carpenters), ... Sudh, Tarkhan and Kashyap [citation needed] ...
Tarkhan was used among the Sogdian, [4] Saka, Hephthalite, Turkic, and proto-Mongol peoples of Central Asia and by other Eurasian nomads. It was a high rank in the army of Timur . Tarkhans commanded military contingents (roughly of regimental size under the Turkic Khazars ) and were, roughly speaking, generals .