![]() ![]() His 22nd descendant (Ref: Valmiki Ramayan BalkandSarg 70 shlok 38 to 43 ) was the great king Raghu, a great conqueror, who established the Rahguvansh Dynasty. According to Puranic (ancient Indian texts of lore and legends) sources the Aryan civilization was established by king Ishaku (Ikshvaku) some two or three millennia before Christ (BC). The Lohanas, also known as Thakkar, trace their roots in history right up to the emergence of Aryans, a linguistic of Indo-Iranians in the Indian sub-continent (which then included today’s Afghanistan) making theirs the oldest surviving community in the world. They are known as “Khoja” (ethno Khawaja). Ismaili Dai’ PirSadardin converted many of them to the Ismaili sect of Islam. Some of the Lohanas converted to Sunni Islam, they are called Memon. ![]() Over time, however, as a result of economic and political exigencies, the majority of Lohanas are now mainly engaged in mercantile occupations. As administrators and rulers, Kshatriya Lohanas were assigned with protecting the people, and serving humanity. Originally Lohanas were a prominent community of the Kshatriya Rajput caste (Sanskrit Kshatriya) that originated in Iran and Afghanistan, then in the region of Punjab and later on migrated to Sindh and present day Gujarat state in India around 800 years ago. It is a Pashtun sub tribe of Ghilzai tribe. They have also spread to all parts of the world. In India, they mainly reside in Gujarat, Mumbai and other parts of the country. Lohanas or ‘Master of Swords’ are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group and are a suryavanshi Kshatriya community of India that originated in Iran and Afghanistan. ![]()
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