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Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) [1] is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. [2]
The earliest application to the formal division into four social classes (without using the term varna) appears in the late Rigvedic Purusha Sukta (RV 10.90.11–12), which has the Brahman, Rajanya (instead of Kshatriya), Vaishya and Shudra classes forming the mouth, arms, thighs and feet at the sacrifice of the primordial Purusha, respectively ...
In fact Mair Rajputs are real Brahm-kshatriyas with 56 original gotras totalling to 120 gotras others being the marrital alliances. The lineage of the Mair Rajputs is deeply intertwined with the Surya Vansh, Chander Vansh, Agnivansha, Rishi lineages, tracing their origins to ancient Royal Kshatriyas of Achaemenid Empire of medes. In anciant ...
The main imperial or quasi-imperial rulers of North India are fairly clear from this point on, but many local rulers, and the situation in the Deccan and South India has less clear stone inscriptions from early centuries. Main sources of South Indian history is Sangam Literature dated from 300s BCE. Time period of ancient Indian rulers is ...
They wear the sacred thread [1] and are Kshatriyas. [2] [3] They are Somavamshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriyas or SSK Samaj. [4] and are given reservation in Maharashtra. All of them follow Hinduism [5] and are traditionally silk weavers. [6] Their principal deity is Shakti. [7] They have their lineage to legendary king Sahasrarjuna and celebrate ...
These sources provide evidence that the Hindu caste system was widespread. Chronicles mention more castes than the four basic castes in the Hindu social system known today, some as many as seven castes. [1] One traveller's account mentions sixteen castes including the four basic castes of Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Chandalas. [2]
The community requested the census authorities in 1871 to be classified as Kshatriya. Vanniyars attempted to establish their status and identity by fusing actual history with mythology and claimed to be the AgniKula (fire race), kshatriyas, and the Pallava dynasty's descendants. In 1888, the Chennai Vanniyakula Kshatriya MahaSangam was founded.
The Kandera, Golandāz, Hawāidar, Bāṇadhāra (बाणधार) is a Hindu community found mainly in the northern and central regions of India. They belong to the Kshatriya varna. In earlier times, they were archers and warriors.