Bania (Newar caste)
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Newari Banias are a Bania caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Bania is derived from the Sanskrit word vaṇij; by preference, Bania.
Banras (Banias), subdivision of Newars, Nepal
Itum Bahal, Kathmandu. The surrounding area is a traditional Bania neighborhood.
Bania (caste)
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Bania is a mercantile caste primarily from the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, with significant diasporic communities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and northern st
Bania (Newar caste)
…Newari Banias (Devanagari: बनिया) are a Bania caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Bania is derived from the Sanskrit word vaṇij (merchant); by preference, Bania…
16th century Portuguese painting of a Baneane merchant man and woman from Cambay.
Bania men of Surat, Gogo, and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, British India.
Bania women in British India. Image taken before 1860.
Baniyas of Delhi