Khatri

Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent.Khatris in India and Pakistan are mostly from the Punjab region. Khatris played an important role in India's trans regional trade during the Mughal Empire.They adopted administrative and military roles outside the Punjab region as well.Scott Cameron Levi describes Khatris among the "most important merchant communities of early modern India." All the Sikh Gurus were Khatris.