Nagar Brahmin

Nagar Brahmin
Nagar Brahmins in western India (c. 1855-1862)
Varna	Brahmin
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Gujarati, Malvi, Hindi, English
Country	India
Populated states	Gujarat, Rajasthan
Region	Malwa, Mumbai, Kolkata
Ethnicity	Indian

The Nagar Brahmins are found primarily in Gujarat, but also in Rajasthan, Malwa and in states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar even as far as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh in the north, West Bengal in the east and Karnataka in the south.

The oldest account of the Nagars is given in the Nagara Khanda, a part of the Skanda Purana (Hindu religious text).

A few Nagar families became chieftains of (minor) princely states, notably in two in Gujarati peninsula Kathiawar's Sorath prant : Kuba State and Vasavad.