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A numerically significant population of the Punjabi Muslims in Pakistan are descendents of Hindus^{[citation needed]}. The prevalence of common Punjabi Hindu and Sikh family names among contemporary Punjabi Muslims of Pakistan is proof of their Hindu lineage. The continued prevalence of these Hindu Surnames in spite of the trend to trace ancestry to Persian and Arabic sources is also indicative of strong tribal affinity and kinship among these groups. It may also be indicative of the recent nature of conversion to Islam in near upper

Contents 1 Khatri 2 Rajput 3 Mohyal 4 Jat 5 Tarkhan 6 Other Castes 7 Other Punjabi clans 8 See Also 9 Classic Cities of the Punjab Region 10 Festivals

• Awal
• Bakshi
• Bhalla
• Bhandari
• Bassi
• Chaddha
• Chaudhari
• Chopra
• Chachi
• Churra
• Dhingra
• Dhondi
• Duggal
• Dumra
• Gadhiok
• Gakhar (also see Gakhar Hindus)
• Ghai
• Jirath
• Kakkar
• Kapur
• Khattar
• Khawaja Shaikh
• Maghoon
• Malik
• Mehra
• Mehndru
• Mehta
• Monga
• Nayyar
• Oberoi
• Pahwar
• Passi
• Punjabi Shaikh
• Puri
• Qanungoh Shaikh
• Roshan
• Sabharwal
• Saggar
• Sahni
• Sareen
• Sethi
• Sahgal
• Sial
• Sikka
• Sodhi
• Soni
• Sudhan
• Suri
• Talwar
• Vohra
• Wadhawan

• Bharwana
• Bhatti
• Chadhar
• Chohan
• Chucchkana
• Dhamial
• Gheba
• Haral
• Hasnana
• Jarral
• Janjiana
• Janjua
• Jaswal
• Khakha
• Kharal
• Khokhar
• Manj
• Mahnike
• Meo
• Mighiana
• Minhas
• Naul
• Noon
• Muslim Rajputs
• Rana
• Ranial
• Sial
• Thakial
• Tarhana
• Tiwana
• Wattu
• Wejhwa
• Wijhalke

• Bali
• Bhimwal
• Chibber
• Datt
• Lau
• Mohan
• Vaid

• Bajwa
• Bajya
• Balhara
• Bhadiar
• Bhangu
• Bhind
• Bhinder
• Bharhaich
• Bhatta
• Bhullar
• BUTTAR
• Chadhar
• Chahar
• Chatta
• Chauhan
• Cheema
• Faujdar
• Garewal
• Ghuman
• Gill
• Gondal
• Hala (clan)
• Jakhar
• Kahlon
• Kharral
• Khokhar
• Langah
• Maan
• Madar
• Mahil
• Maitla
• Malhi
• Marrar
• Mattu
• Pachar
• Pannu
• Randhawa
• Rahan
• Riar
• Sahota
• Sahi
• Sandhu
• Sidhu
• Sohal
• Shokeen
• Sukhera
• Tarar
• Thathal
• Thiara
• Tiwana
• Toor
• Virk
• Waraich

• Kalsi
• Lohar
• Nagi

• Samra
• Bhutani

• Attar
• Awan
• Bagri
• Bakhri
• Bania
• Bawaria
• Bedar
• Bhabra
• Bharai
• Bhujru
• Bhut
• Bodla
• Bomba
• Botehra
• Charg
• Charji
• Cheintz
• Chhimba
• Chibali
• Chuhra
• Daudpotra
• Dhiar
• Gagra
• Gagrita
• Gardi
• Ghallu
• Gidri
• Gujjar
• Harni
• Jhandir
• Jhinwar
• Kajla
• Kakuana
• Kamboh
• Kanchan
• Kanet
• Karal
• Khatgune
• Khattar
• Khohanra
• Khumra
• Kir
• Kumhiar
• Lohar
• Madari
• Mahapatra
• Mahtam
• Majhi
• Makrani
• Marija
• Meun
• Mirasi
• Mussali
• Nat
• Nilabi
• Nungar
• Padigarajulu
• Perna
• Pherera
• Quam-e-Punjab
• Rachband
• Ramgarhia
• Ratal
• Rusiwatt
• Sanhai
• Sanhal
• Sansi
• Sansoi
• Sarera
• Shorgar
• Sikligar
• Sirkiband
• Sonhar
• Sudh
• Tarkhan (Punjab)
• Teli
• Thori
• Toba
• Usta
• Wagha
• Waiha

• List of Pakistani family names
• Places in Pakistan with Hindu and Sikh Populations before 1947

• Peshawar(Purushapur) , North West Frontier Province: Capital of Kanishka, the Kushan ruler and the site of the tallest stupa in Jambudvipa.
• Kandahar, Afghanistan: capital of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara. In the Mahabharata, its ruler was the evil and scheming Sakuni, brother of Gandhari, wife of Dhritarashtra and mother of the Kauravas.
• Pushkalavati (Charsadda), North West Frontier Province: Founded by a son of Bharata, brother of Sri Rama, according to the Ramayana
• Takshashila (Taxila), Punjab(Pakistan): Also founded by a son of Bharata.
• Multan(Mulasthan),Punjab(Pakistan): Pilgrimage site of the legendary Sun temple.
• Rawalpindi, Punjab(Pakistan): city founded by Jhanda Khan Gakhar
• Sialkot, Punjab(Pakistan): city founded by Sul (Shalya), emperor of Madradesa and brother of Madri, second wife of emperor Pandu and mother to Nakul and Sahadeva
• Kasur, Punjab(Pakistan): city founded by Kusha, son of Sri Rama according to the Bichitra Natak written by Guru Gobind Singh.
• Lahore,Punjab(Pakistan): city founded by Lava(Loh), son of Sri Rama according to the Bichitra Natak.
• Katasraj temple, Punjab(Pakistan): Classic temple complex in the Chakwal district, site of the 'enchanted pool' episode in the Mahabharata, where Yudhishtira is tested by his father Lord Yama/Dharma.

Castes and tribes of the Punjab This box: view • talk • edit
Ancient Kshatriya tribes	Ahir | Dhangar | Gujjar | Kamboj | Khash | Yadav
Arains	Arain | Chaudhary | Mehr | Mian | Malik | Sardar
Brahmins	Saraswat Brahmins | Punjabi Brahmins | Mohyal | Bali | Bhimwal | Chhibber | Datt | Lau | Mohan | Vaid
Dalits	Punjabi Dalits | Balmiki | Chamar | Chura | Kabirpanthi | Mazhabi | Nai | Ramdasia | Rangrehta | Ravidasi
Jats	Jat | Atwal | Aujla | Aulakh | Badesha | Baghoor | Bagri | Bains | Bajwa | Bajya | Bandechha | Basra | Bassi | Bembi | Beniwal | Bhalli | Bhangu | Bharhaich | Bhinder | Biling | Bhullar | Brar | Buttar | Bual | Chahar | Chahal | Chatha | Cheema | Chhillar | Chohan | Dehr | Deol | Deshwal | Dhami | Dhariwal | Dhaliwal | Dhillon | Dhindsa | Dhoat | Dhoot | Dosanjh | Dulat | Faujdar | Gandhar | Garewal | Ghuman | Gill | Gondal | Goraya | Gosal | Grewal | Hala | Hans | Hayer | Harl | Jakhar | Jawanda | Jhajharia | Johal | Johiya | Kahlon | Kaloye | Kang | Khirwar | Khokhar | Khosa | Lally | Langah | Lehal | Maan | Madar | Mahil | Maitla | Malhi | Mandair | Manes | Mattu | Mavi | Mehria | Nijjar | Phogat | Palak | Pandher | Padda | Pama | Pannu | Poonia | Purewal | Rana | Rai | Randhawa | Ranghar | Riar | Rode | Sahota | Samra | Sandher | Sandhu | Sangha | Sanghera | Saran | Sekhon | Shergill | Sidhu | Sohal | Sohi | Sra | Sukhera | Takhar | Takshak | Thiara | Thind | Tiwana | Tomara | Toor | Virk | Wahla | Waraich | Warar
Khatris	Khatri | Ahuja | Alreja | Anand | Arora | Badhwar | Bagga | Batra | Bedi | Behl | Bhalla | Bhandari | Bhasin | Bhatia | Bindra | Chaddha | Chandok | Chawla | Chhabra | Chona | Chopra | Chowdhary | Dang | Dhawan | Dhingra | Dhir | Dhall | Dua | Duggal | Dumra | Gadhoike | Galhotra | Gandotra | Ghai | Gujral | Gulati | Handa | Hora | Jagotra | Juneja | Kakkar | Kalra | Kapoor | Katyal | Kaura | Kawatra | Khanna | Kharbanda | Khera | Khosla | Khullar | Khurana | Kochchar | Kohli | Kukhran | Lamba | Madhok | Mahendru | Maini | Makkar | Malhotra | Malik | Marwaha | Mehra | Mehta | Monga | Munjal | Nanda | Nayyar | Nijhawan | Nikhanj | Oberoi | Ohri | Pahwa | Puri | Rasgotra | Sabharwal | Sablok | Sachar | Sachdev | Sahi | Sahni | Sareen | Sehgal | Seth | Sethi | Sethia | Sekhri | Sibal | Sikand | Sobti | Sodhi | Sood | Suri | Talwar | Tandon | Thapar | Trehan | Uppal | Vadhera | Vij | Vohra | Wadhawan | Wahi | Walia
Rajputs	Rajput | Bagal | Bais | Bhatti | Chadhar | Chauhan | Chib | Doad | Dogra | Gheba | Jamwal | Janjua | Jarral | Jaswal | Jodhra | Khakha | Kharal | Khati | Mahnike | Mair | Mangral | Manhas | Manj | Meo | Minhas | Mir | Naul | Noon | Panwar | Parhar | Parmar | Punwar | Ranial | Rathore | Salaria | Sial | Tank | Thakial | Toor | Wattu | Wejhwa | Wijhalke
Shaikhs	Shaikh | Abbasi | Alavi | Farooqi | Gardezi | Gilani | Hashemi | Osmani | Quraishi | Sayyid | Shaikh Siddiqui | Siddiqui
Tarkhans	Tarkhan | Bansal | Bassan | Bhamrah | Bhogal | Chana | Dhanjal | Ghataura | Hunjan | Jagdeo | Jagdev | Kalsi | Lohar | Matharu | Mudhar | Nagi | Panesar | Ramgarhia | Reehal | Sagoo | Sembhi | Soor | Sihra | Ubhi | Virdi
Others	Ahluwalia | Awan | Bakarwal | Bania | Bishnoi | Chhimba | Gakhar | Kalal | Labana | Meghwar | Mekan | Saini | Sansi | Tonk Kshatriya

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