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affiliations and
further subdivided into
endogamous groups,
known as
caste.
These subcastes can be
identified by
specific prefixes denoting a
place of origin...
- A
caste is a
fixed social group into
which an
individual is born
within a
particular system of
social stratification: a
caste system.
Within such a system...
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divisions of
Varnas to be fundamental,
natural and essential. The
innumerable subcastes or
Jatis he
considered to be a hindrance. He
advocated to fuse all the...
- 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...
- (Gujarat)" (XLS). censusofindia.gov.in.
Government of India.
includes the
subcastes Bhambi Khalpa,
Bhambi Rohit,
Bhambi Sindhi Mochi, Rohit, Jatav, Samdar...
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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...
- 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....
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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:...
- Virudhunagar. The
Nadar community was not a
single caste, but
developed from an ****ortment of
related subcastes,
which in
course of time came
under the single...
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Golla or Gollaru. The community, due to its size, has a
great number of
sub-
castes, including: Yerra, Mushti, Mukti, Masaram, Karine, ****nati, Puja, Modateetta...