Lohar

Lohar is an ethnic sub-caste found among Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in Northern India and Northern Pakistan. Lohar In India the Lohars are also known as Vishwakarma, Sharma, Lohana or Panchals. Muslim Lohar in North India are known as Saifi. The Pakistani city of Lahore was once called Loharpur, the city of the Lohar dynasty.

Writers of the Raj period often used the term Lohar as a synonym for blacksmith, although there are other traditional smithing communities, such as the Ramgarhia and Sikligars, and numerous non-traditional communities, including the Yadavs, Kayasthas, Rajputs and even Brahmins.