Tirgar

The Tirgar are a scheduled caste found in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India.

[1] The Tirgar of Gujarat claim to have immigrated to the region in the Middle Ages, and were invited by the local Rajput community to manufacture bows and arrows.

There main clans are Chauhan, Bania, Dabi, Solanki, Parmar and Rathore, and they maintain the principle of gotra exogamy.

[1] In Gujarat, the Tirgar are found mainly in the districts of Ahmedabad, Panchamahal, Sabarkantha and Kheda.

They divided into clans, which are arranged hierarchical order, starting with the Parmar, followed by the Chauhan, Rathore, Solanki, Makwana, Waghela, Davi, Wangar and Ravalia.