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was ruled by Kshatriya clans. However, these kshatriyas did not follow the Vedic religion, and were sometimes called degenerate Kshatriyas or Shudras by

a sharp contrast to the classical varna of Kshatriyas as depicted in Hindu literature in which Kshatriyas are depicted as an educated and urbanite clan

Gurjar Kshatriya Kadia, also known as Gurjar Kadia/ Gujjar Kadia, and Kadia Kshatriya are a Hindu community mostly in Gujarat and Maharashtra. They are

Kshatriyas and would-be Kshatriyas: a consideration of the claims of certain Hindu castes to rank with the Rájputs, the descendants of the ancient Kshatriyas

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

Roman Catholic Kshatriyas or Christian Kshatriyas (simply Cxatrias in Romi Konkani, Indo-Portuguese & Indian English) are a modern Christianised caste

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

Kshatriya (transl.  Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and co-written by J. P. Dutta. It stars Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny

mantras or rituals," referring to Kshatriyas who no longer observed orthodox Vedic rituals. The Samantans (Kshatriyas) were not originally part of the