- Mudaliar,
Gounder and Chettiar.
These titles are
adopted by
different subcastes of the
Vellalar based on regional, social, and
cultural factors. Not all...
- entrenchment,
introducing thousands of new
castes and
sub-
castes. With the
arrival of
Islamic rule,
caste distinctions formulated in
Muslim communities...
-
originated during the
Gupta Empire. Today,
there are
around 3,000
castes and 25,000
sub-
castes in India. From 1901 onwards, for the
purposes of the Decennial...
-
These are
Hindu Brahmins who
affiliate either with the
Gautam gotra and/or
Gautam Dharmasutra and have
their last name as Gautam. The name
Gautam (Sanskrit:...
- Hun
Kunduana Kapasia Khatana Meelu Vania Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1969).
Caste and Race in India. Po****r Prakashan. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-81-7154-205-5....
- Godavari-Krishna
delta region.
Kapus commonly use the
title Naidu. The Kapu
caste includes the
subcastes Telaga and Ontari, both
historically recognized as
warrior communities...
-
anthropologists now more
often speak of '
sub-
castes' or Jatis, as the
building blocks of
society [rather than
castes]. However,
unless there is a
strong element...
- for****c.
Subcastes are also
divided into Visa and Dasa divisions,
which are also
centuries old, and
prohibit intermarriage. The
Baniyas as a
caste are either...
-
traditional higher castes of Bengal. In the
colonial era, the
Bhadraloks of
Bengal were primarily, but not exclusively,
drawn from
these three castes, who continue...
- (Gujarat)" (XLS). censusofindia.gov.in.
Government of India.
includes the
subcastes Bhambi Khalpa,
Bhambi Rohit,
Bhambi Sindhi Mochi, Rohit, Jatav, Samdar...
