- laterite. The
original occupiers of the
island around the fort were the
Bammons of Sancoale, but it was
raided by
Marathas (in the late 1600s) who later...
-
Roman Catholic Brahmin (IAST
Bamonns /baməɳ ~ bamɔɳ/ in Romi
Konkani &
Kupari in
Bombay East
Indian dialects) is a
caste among the Goan,
Bombay East Indian...
- Goa from Aryavarta. The
descendants of
these settlers now form the
native Bammon (Catholic Brahman) community.[citation needed] It is
geographically made...
- 16th and 17th centuries.
These Konkani Catholics have many
subgroups like
Bammons (Konkani
Brahmin sub-castes like
Saraswat Brahmins, Padyes, Daivadnyas)...
-
bestowed on
their ancestors. Some families, however,
still use
their original Bammon &
Charoda surnames. Some
still do have
Hindu surnames such as Shett, Shenoy...
- and
settled outside the
Portuguese dominion.
About 7,000 of them,
mostly Bammons (Brahmins) and
Sarodis (Kshatriyas), fled Goa and Damaon. Most migrated...
