Kathi caste
Kathi Also called Kathi Darbar is a caste found in the peninsular Kathiawar (now called Saurashtra) region of Gujarat, western India.[1][2] In Ain-i-Akbari, Abu'l Fazl has described Kathi as being of Ahir origin.[3][4] The era known as Kathikanrapasamagatabd was prevalent among the Abhiras, who overthrew the Western Kshatrapas and captured the Kathiawad region during the early decades of the 4th century AD. They were known as Kathikanṛpatis. Probably these Kathikas or Kathis are none other than Abhiras themselves. The name Kathiawad seems to have been derived from the early settlements of Kathikas or Kathis.[5]
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- ↑ Shankar, Alaka. Folk Tales of Gujarat. p. 23.
- ↑ International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds Page 251-252
- ↑ Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602; Blochmann, H. (Henry) (1873). The Ain I Akbari. Harvard University. Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 248.
{{cite book}}:|first=has numeric name (help) - ↑ Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1901). The India of Aurangzib (topography, Statistics, and Roads) Compared with the India of Akbar: With Extracts from the Khulasatu-t-tawarikh and the Chahar Gulshan. Bose Brothers.
- ↑ Gupta, Parmanand (1977). Geographical Names in Ancient Indian Inscriptions. Concept Publishing Company.