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Tanda Trade caravan During the Medieval Age, this was the main
trading unit and means of transportation of
goods, in the Central and South Asia. It comprised
of thousands of bullcarts, horses, camels,
buffaloes and other animals. Now some villages
and towns are also known as Tanda (these were
the halting stops of the tandas.

Vaheguru Ji Traditional Sikh greeting, which
Ka Khalsa

Vaheguru Ji Means “My Purity belongs to God, My Victory
Ki Fateh! belongs to God.”
Vakil (or Wakil) Agents of the princely states present in the court
of Mughal Emperor.

Vanjara Literaly: a trader. This was the richest community
of the world up to the eighteenth century. In
order to establish their own supremeacy in trade,
the British brought this community under
Criminal Tribal Act in the nineteenth Century.

Zamindar Literally: landholder. This was a term used for an
independent or semi-independent ruler of a large
estate, one level below a ruling price. The
zamindar usually held his rights to his lands
directly from the paramount power, on a
permanent basis and with a fixed assessment of
the value of its revenue. He enjoyed the right to
collect taxes, dispense justice at magisterial level,
raise troops, police, etc. Most of the more
important zamindars also held princely rank.