Salaat (caste)

The Salat are Hindu caste found in the state of Gujarat in India.

[1] The word Salat has been derived from Salaya which means stone.

The community is concentrated in Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Mehasana districts, and they speak Gujarati.

[2] The two divisions are divided into a number of clans, the main ones being the Rathore, Parmar, Solanki and Bijpar, which are exogamous.

Their main occupation remains the selling and manufacture of grinding stones.

A photograph of a Salat man, early 20th century.