What Caste Is Wani?
What Caste Is Wani? Historians agree that the Wani/Wain belong to the merchant caste of Baniya, and were originally Kashmiri Hindus. Even among those Wani/Wain who converted from Hinduism to Islam, the profession of these people remained primarily in trade and commerce. Is Bania a high caste? Banias are classed as vaisyas, the third of