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Parmar, also known as Panwar or Pawar is a Rajput clan that claims descent from the Agnivansha lineage.
They are mainly found in Northern and Central India, especially in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. They are also known as Bhoyar, Bhoyar Pawar, or Powar in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The capital of the Paramara dynasty was Ujjain, and later it shifted to Dhar.
An offshoot of the Parmars, known as the Sodha, also ruled in Amarkot, in the Sindh of Pakistan.
The clan name is also used by Jats, , Koli people, Garoḍās, Valand, Mōcīs, Tūrīs, Luhārs, Kansara, Darzi, Bhavsar, Chunvalia Koli, Ghanchi, Harijan, Sōnīs, Sutārs, Dhobi, Khavāsas, Rabari, Ahir, Meos, Sandhīs, Pinjara, Vanza, Dhuldhoya, Rāvaḷs, Vagri, Bhil, Anjana Chaudhari, Mer and Dhedh.
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