Puri (surname)


Puri is an Indian Punjabi surname of Kshatriya Varna derived from a Chandravanshi Indo Aryan Puru tribe of King Porus.
The Dictionary of American Family Names notes that puri means a small town in Punjabi but it is uncertain whether this is related to the surname. Another theory derives it from the Purus, the mythological Indo-Aryan tribe.
Buddha Prakash, professor of history and of Ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology, director of the Institute of Indic Studies, said:

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