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'''Kumhar''' or '''Kumbhar''' is a [[Indian caste system|caste]] or community in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. ''''Kumhar'''' have historically been associated with art of pottery.<ref name="Saraswati1">{{cite book |last=Saraswati |first=Baidyanath |title=Pottery-Making Cultures And Indian Civilization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqrB_Nzr5QcC&pg=PA46 |access-date=6 April 2013 |year=1979 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-091-4 |pages=46–47 }}</ref> They are, for the most part, an industrious and well-conducted people<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sherring |first=M. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6640 |title=Hindu tribes and castes as represented in Benares |date=1872 |publisher=Trubner and Co, Calcutta |pages=319 |language=English}}</ref>

== Etymology ==