What is "barua"

Barua (; ) which is also spelled as Baruah, Barooah, Baruwa, Baroova, Barooa, Baroowa, Borooah, Boruah, Baroa; is a common Assamese surname. The surname Barua is typically associated with someone who is an Assamese or Asamiya, much like Aroras of Punjab.

Barua ( Boṛua) is the last name of a distinct Bengali-speaking ethno-religious minority clan representing the plain area Buddhist community in Bangladesh. They mainly live in Chittagong Division. The Buddhists of Bangladesh known as the Burua-Buddhist are the ancient peoples of Bangladesh who have lived there for five thousand years according to Arakanese chronology.

Chittagong was once called "Chaityagrama" "town with Buddhist shrines". It was a center of Mahayana Buddhism in the 10th century. Magh was the general term used for Buddhists; Baruas were sometimes termed Rajbansi "of royal descent".

They insist that they came from the Aryavarta or the country of the Aryans which is practically identical to the country later known as Majjhimadesa or Madhyadesa in the Pali texts. They are also known as Magh because of their Magadh origin. Bengali speaking Barua people of Chittagong are all Buddhist by religion, unlike Hindu Barua of Assam who are generally Assamese Brahmins or Ahom people or may belong to any other general caste in India. Barua came from "Baru" "great" and "arya", meaning "noble ones". The Buddhist Baruas are also found in Arakan State and they are known as Maramagyi in Myanmar.

A Magh king, Jaychand, ruled the Chittagong region in the 16th century.