Sial community

Siyal is a community found in India and subcontinent.also found in Egypt and Europe.They are the people of ruling class.

In odisha they are cultivators,toddy tappers,molasses seller and wine seller by profession and they also used to climb coconut trees, palm trees & date-palm trees and pluck the fruits for business.

           sial
      Religion-Hindu
      Language-Odia
      Country- India
      Regions- Odisha
      Ethnicity-Panjabi

Etymology

Sial comes from scythian kings, then, called Sal or Saliva- hana, seem to have ruled at Sialkot from the epic times to the 8th century A.D.

To recapitulate. We have thus a Scythian tribe extending from the epic times to the present date called successively Silwa, Śâla or Shala, Sarya or Sarwya and Sial, occupying a site called in successive eras Sakala, Sayaλa Sayyada; Salkot, Shalkot, Shalkund or Sakal- pur or Risalkot; Sâlbâhanpur, Sâlpuri.

History

Sial are descendent of Scythian.They are part of sial dynasty. Downfall of sial dynasty by raja ranjit singh 1807.

According to panjab alienation record 1900 mention that they are agricultural race with martial races.

Ancient kings

Raja salwan belong to sial race ( page- 182).Raja Shal maternal uncle to the Pandavas and founder of Sialkot. 

• King shal(maternal uncle of pandavas)
• King salwan
• King Puran
• King Rasalu

Sial warriors in sikh army

• Bhai bhola singh
• Bhai waheguru singh(hari singh)

popular love story

Heer ranjha love story's heer and mirza-Saheban Love story's saheban belongs to sial clan.

Books

Sial mention in SHRIMAD BHAGAVATAM ,Hindu mythology and religion,shyam Bhagvath,The man who was a women.

Wrong theory

Some people said they are sub-caste of Chamár, but the more general view is that they are an entirely distinct group.

Alternative name:

Chandravanshi; Khajuria; Nagvanshi; Sayalkulam; Sial ,Shiyal, Siyol ,Raisial ,Sialjatt; Sijolo; Siolo; सियाल

Dance

Jhummar: Jungle dance of the Sial, which has a tribal sounding beat - 16 beats on the drum per cycle - believed to date back to the Aryan period.

Social status

According to the 1981 census, their population in Odisha is 18,677. They are non-vegetarian but rice is their staple cereal. They are belong to Scheduled castes of the odisa state.

See also

• Sial tribe

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