A member of a historically nomadic trading community in India who traditionally dealt in grain and goods, traveling across regions with pack animals.
From Hindi and Urdu 'banjarā,' possibly derived from Sanskrit roots meaning 'merchant' or 'trader,' though the ultimate origin is debated among etymologists.
The Banjaras created one of history's most extensive trade networks without fixed cities—they were essentially mobile merchants who used pack animals and oral knowledge systems to connect distant markets across the Indian subcontinent for centuries.
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