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...the Outer Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indo-Europeans are called the Dogrī dynasty. In the Vale of Kashmir the same group is represented by the Kashmīrī people. The Gaddī and Gūjari, who live in the hilly areas of the Lesser Himalayas, also belong to the European group. The Gaddī are essentially a hill people; they possess large flocks of sheep...
The population of Himāchal Pradesh is composed of a variety of distinctive ethnolinguistic hill tribes and social groups, including the Gadīs (Gaddīs), Gūjarīs, Kinnaurīs, Lāhulīs, Pangwalīs, and Rājputs. In the major towns and cities, there are many immigrants from the plains of Punjab.
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