"Today the Khokhars are Split up into Muslim, Rajput and Jat sections. Originally they were all Hindus. Both Minhaj Siraj and Hasan Nizami describe them as infidels.“ The tale of their resistance to Islam and conversion to it synchronises with the Muslim invasions of India."
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Lal, K. S. (1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India.
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