Social Groups Of West Bengal: Magars, Bengali Brahmins, Utkala Brahmin, Gau�a Brahmins, Dhimal, Limbu People, Newa People, Santals, Oraon

Chapters: Gau?a Brahmins. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 122. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The comprise one of the five sub-divisions of Panch-Gauda (, , i.e., "fivefold Jti of Gauda Brahmins"). Pt Ll arm writes that the region from Bengal to Kashmir was country . That is why five major sub-divisions of north Indian brahmins are named Panch-Gauda, after the name . The Sanskrit text di--dpik mentions that the region west of river bounded by Sarayu in west and south and by Himalayas in the north is the core of country and brahmins living here from the beginning (=di) of Creation were known as di- . Another story relates di- brahmins of this region to those brahmins who were invited by King Janamejaya in his yajna and settled in the di- region . At present the chief branches of brahmins are: Other minor branches of are: Dewli