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  2. Kaushik - Wikipedia

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    Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', "Vishwa" as in universe and "Mitra" as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik".

  3. Newar caste system - Wikipedia

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    Newar caste system is the system by which Newārs, ... Kaushik, Garga and Kaundinya, and their history shows their presence in the Kathmandu valley as early as 4th CE.

  4. Rimal (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Rimal (Nepali: रिमाल) is a Nepali surname of Khas origin. Rimal people belong to the Bahun caste and are a part of the Kaushik (Nepali: कौशिक) patriclan (gotra) of Nepali Khas-Brahmin community which forms a notable population in Nepal and India.

  5. List of gotras - Wikipedia

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    People belonging to a particular gotra may not be of the same caste (as there are many gotras which are part of different castes) in the Hindu social system. However, there is a notable exception among matrilineal Tulu speakers, for whom the lineages are the same across the castes.

  6. India’s opposition leveraged caste and constitution to shock ...

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    By Shivangi Acharya, Krishn Kaushik. ... that the BJP would amend modern India's founding document to strip Hindus at the bottom of the caste hierarchy of access to affirmative action policies. ...

  7. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Ravindra Kaushik, Spy & RAW operative famously known as Black Tiger, He is regarded as India's greatest spy to be engaged in Undercover operation at Pakistan Armed Forces [17] R. N. Kao , Indian spymaster and the first founder chief of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing .

  8. Brahmin gotra - Wikipedia

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    With each member of the caste believed to trace their lineage back to one of these saints, a Brahmin’s Gotra represents a means to track an individual’s patriline and thus indicate which one of these saints is their ancestor. [9] For example, Brahmins of the Kashyapa Gotra are believed to have descended from the saint Kashyapa. [10] [11]

  9. Vishvamitra - Wikipedia

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    In another version of the story, Sunahshepa is lost son of Vishvamitra. When Vishvamitra was Prince of Bharats (Kaushik) - and his name was Vishwarath then, he was abducted by the enemy king Shambar. There, Shambar's daughter, Ugra, falls in love with Vishvarath. Ugra convinces Prince Vishvarath to marry her.