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Saurashtra: A Language, Region, Culture & Community

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  • Sapovadia, Vrajlal

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This research paper summarize a region currently called Saurashtra, a silk weaver community that migrated thousand year ago to South India as community, the language they speak and their relation with old place after thousand years. Saurashtra of India and people in the region speaks Gujarati language. Saurashtra is a language in South India spoken by Suarshtrian community. Suarshtrian community might have migrated Saurshtra region of Gujarat many centuries ago, but have similarities in culture till date. Saurashtra in context to language and community is written with some variations like Souarshtra, Sourashtram, Soaurashrians etc. Suarshtra in context to region is also known as Kathiawar and Sorath. This paper is substantially a compilation of detail of the region, language and community captured from online open sources on Wikipedia & various blogs to describe culture, relation, commonality, linkages and contrast between western India’s Saurashtra region and south India’s Sourashtrian community & language.

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  • Sapovadia, Vrajlal, 2014. "Saurashtra: A Language, Region, Culture & Community," MPRA Paper 68826, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:68826
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    Keywords

    Saurashtra; Sourashtra; Sourashtrian; Khatri; Migrant silk workers; Madurai; Somnath;
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    JEL classification:

    • B0 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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