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Kant
Kant refers to the noble ancestries north up of India (Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu before 1947) and few parts of Pakistan (Sindh, Karachi). The surname is of Hindu Brahmin origin served the ruling powers as administrators, ministers and record-keepers. The Islamization of the valley in the fourteenth century, resulted in the conversion of various communities from Hinduism to Islam which explains the migration of some of the clans to Sindh, Pakistan.

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Category:Kashmiri-language surnames Category:Urdu-language surnames Category:Toponymic surnames Category:Nisbas Category:People from Baghlan Province
 * Census of India, 1961: Jammu and Kashmir: Vol. 6 (1964). Delhi, India: Manager of Publications.

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