Panchal (Sanskrit: पांचाल, romanized: Pānchāl) is a Master Craftsman caste of India. Panchal is a collective term for class of engineers, architects, priests, sculptors and temple builders.[1][2][3].[1][3] They belong to the Vishwakarma sect[4].[5][6]
पांचाल | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Hindi, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Pahadi | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Vishwabrahmin |
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- ^ a b Sastry, Niramjana (1923). Viśvakarma Brāhmaṇa Vaṃśāgamamu (in Telugu). Nabu Press. pp. 329–331. ISBN 978-1245682923.
- ^ Robert A.E: Vishwakarma and His Descendents, Jnanananda Ashram, Nandi, Karnataka, p, 28, 33, 51-53, 93
- ^ Thurston, Edgar (1909). "The Castes and Tribes of Southern India". Nature. 84 (2134): 365–367. doi:10.1038/084365a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ "Panchal is Panchal-Brahmin" (PDF). www.haryanascbc.gov.in. 10 October 2013.