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Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from
Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also
called Rajanya) is one of the four
varnas (social orders)...
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inferior to
Kshatriya. B.D
Metcalf and T.R
Metcalf write that
under the Mughals, the term had
become the mark of
legitimate kshatriya rule. The origin...
- Maratha, not a
Kshatriya. They
noted that
Shivaji had
never had a
sacred thread ceremony, and did not wear the thread, such as a
kshatriya would. When Shivaji...
- when Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the
fourth Nawab of Awadh,
attempted to
grant the
kshatriya title of Raja to a
group of
influential landed Ayodhya Kurmis, he was...
- races", whom
Kshatriyas often claimed as ancestors. The
creation of new
names such as
Agnikula Kshatriya and
Vannikula Kshatriya (
Kshatriyas of the fire...
- The
Samantha Kshatriyas are a
noble community of Kerala, India. They were
historically ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and
feudal aristocrats (Jenmi) in the...
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Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993
Indian Hindi-language
action film
directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It
features an
ensemble cast of Sunil...
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Gujarat Kshatriya, also
known as
Gujarat Kshatriya kadia/
Kutchi Kshatriya Samaj, and
Kadia Kshatriya are a
Hindu community mostly in
Gujarat and Maharashtra...
- "locally
dominant landed gentry",
claims Kshatriya status in the
varna system despite there being "no real
Kshatriya varna" in the
Andhra region. A report...
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Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya (also
known as
Mistri or Mestri) are a
minority Hindu community of
Gujarat in India, who
claim to be
Kshatriya. They are an artisan...
