| 词条 | Bania (caste) |
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|group= Bania |image = |image_caption = A Goan Bania, early 1880s |poptime = |popplace = |langs = Hindi, Marwari, Punjabi, Gujarati, Dialects of Marathi and Konkani.[1] |rels = |related= }} The Bania (otherwise known as Baniya, Vaniya, Vani, Vania and Vanya) is an occupational community of merchants, bankers, money-lenders, dealers in grains or in spices, and in modern times numerous commercial enterprises. The term is used in a wider sense in Bengal than it is elsewhere in India, where it is applied to specific castes.[2] Etymologically related groupsIn western India one merchant occupational group is called Vani or Vania; in Bengal the term is applied to all people who are involved in moneylending and similar activities.[2] See also
References1. ^Gazetteer of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu: district gazetter by Vithal Trimbak Gune, Goa, Daman and Diu (India). Gazetteer Dept, published by Gazetteer Dept., Govt. of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, 1979 2. ^1 {{cite book|first=Heiko |last=Schrader|title=Changing financial landscapes in India and Indonesia: sociological aspects of monetization and market integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8rf7nIIz8ikC&pg=PA68|accessdate=2012-02-09|year=1997|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-8258-2641-3 |page=68}} Further reading
4 : Social groups of Bihar|Social groups of Gujarat|Social groups of Haryana|Bania communities |
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