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Culture<br />
The Meena Community is mainly found<br />
in the northern part of Rajasthan. They<br />
share the Brij and Matsya area of the<br />
state with some other communities.<br />
Most of the members of the<br />
Meena community are in Kota,<br />
Jhalawar and Bundi. Now-adays,<br />
they are also present<br />
in the northwestern areas of<br />
Madhya Pradesh, mainly in<br />
Sheopur, Morena, Gwalior,<br />
Shivpuri, Guna, Sajapur and<br />
Capital of the state, Bhopal.<br />
Agriculture is the main<br />
occupation of the community.<br />
During the Vedic period,<br />
Rajasthan was mainly ruled<br />
by the Meena kings or Meena<br />
Dynasty. They had an emblem<br />
of fish like the Pandyan<br />
Kingdom of the south. Meena<br />
Kingdom is also known as the<br />
Matsya Kingdom in Sanskrit. It<br />
is also mentioned in Rig Veda.<br />
Later, Meena people and Bhils<br />
mingled with the ‘pardeshi’<br />
(foreign people). They were<br />
mainly, Scythian, Hepthalite<br />
and other Central Asian clans.<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2016</strong> | WWW.WISHESH.COM
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