Etymology The word 'Barua' is derived from Arakanese words: "Bo" (meaning Army Chief) and "Yoya" (meaning locality or village). Literally, Barua means "the place where an army chief resides." Over time, the people who lived in such a locality or village came to be known as Barua. [7]
The Barua people are a Bengali-speaking Buddhist ethnic community primarily residing in the lowland regions of southeastern Bangladesh, including Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Comilla, Barguna, and Patua
The Barua are unique among all the peoples of India in that they are Buddhists who speak the Bengali language, which is spoken by more than 200 million people in India and Bangladesh.
The Barua are a Magh ethnic group who live in Chittagong Division in Bangladesh, West Bengal in India, and Rakhine State in Myanmar, where they are known as the Maramagyi or Maramagri, or particularly the Magh Barua.
Listing of all countries that the Barua people group live in. Includes photo, map, progress indicator and statistics.
In Myanmar, Barua Maghs are classified as one of the seven ethnic groups that make up the Rakhine ethnic group. In West Bengal (India), the Baruas are known as Magh and are recognised as Scheduled Tribe (ST).
Some key points: - The Barua people originally inhabited the Vajji Kingdom in ancient India and spoke the Magadhi or Pali language. They were driven from India to what is now Bangladesh due to religious persecution by Hindu kings in the 7th-9th centuries.
Barua: History of a Buddhist Tribe | PDF | Bangladesh | Bengal - Scribd