The Kamboj ( pa, ਕੰਬੋਜ ''Kamboj'', hi, कंबोज ''Kamboj''), also Kamboh ( ur,
ALA-LC: ), is a cultivating community of the
Punjab region of
Pakistan and
India, spanning a region from the
Sutlej Valley to the north, the
Multan in the west and the
Karnal area of
Yamuna valley in the east.
By religion, the
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
, the
Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
are mostly found in the east, that is the
Punjab and
Haryana states in India, while most of the
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
Kamboj are found in the west in the province of
Punjab in Pakistan.
See also
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Kambojas
*
Khmer people
The Khmer people ( km, ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, ) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 90% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.
References
External links
{{Wiktionary, Kamboj
Kamboj Society - Who are these Kamboj people?
Punjabi tribes
Social groups of Uttar Pradesh
Social groups of Haryana
Social groups of Punjab, India
Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan