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According to Tim Dyson, the period of the Mauryan Empire saw the consolidation of caste among the Indo-Aryan people who had settled in the Gangetic plain, increasingly meeting tribal people who were incorporated into their evolving caste-system, and the declining rights of women in the Indo-Aryan speaking regions of India, though "these ...
Kumar's study found that both these caste compete for political power in these zones and a few Koeri families, who are economically sound, also own the local Primary Agricultural Credit Societies and Public Distribution System. However, intra-caste differentiation in Koeris was also high, as not all Koeri households in villages under study ...
Notable people with Maurya surname, who may or may not be associated with this caste/clan are: Anil Kumar Maurya, member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Ghorawal Assembly constituency. Amarpal Maurya, member of Rajya Sabha; Asha Maurya, member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Mahmoodabad Assembly constituency.
Kushwaha is a surname used by people of Koeri caste in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. [1] [2] [3] The Kushwahas are also known as Maurya, Shakya, or Saini in various parts of north India. [2] [4] [5] [6] As per one opinion, the Kushwaha surname is also common among members of Kachhi caste, who later merged with the Koeris to become a single ...
They are also known as Maurya. [1] They form a part of a wider community called the Kushwaha , which includes Koeri and Kachhi castes. The All India Kushwaha Kshatriya Mahasabha is an organisation of these sub-castes, which also represents the interests of the Murao community. [ 2 ]
Kushwaha (sometimes, Kushvaha) [4] is a community of the Indo-Gangetic Plain that has traditionally been involved in agriculture, including beekeeping. [5] The term has been used to represent different sub-castes of the Kachhis, Kachhvahas, [6] Koeris and Muraos.
The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat.
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the British Raj.