Template:Infobox ethnic group Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous[1] Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities native to the north of the Vindhyas.[2]
Social status
In states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, they are considered the highest class of Brahmins. Except the areas where Gaurs Brahmins reside like Western Uttar Pradesh[3][4][5][6]
Notable people
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India[7]
References
- ↑ Surname Endogamy among the Brahmin of India. Current Sociology({Template:Year).
- ↑ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Pearson Education India(2008). ISBN 9788131711200
- ↑ Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(2022). ISBN 9780520365568
- ↑ People of India: Bihar (2 pts.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Anthropological Survey of India(2008). ISBN 9788170463023
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XyCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT80&dq=anomalies+have+always+have+been+there+regarding+rank&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=anomalies%20have%20always%20have%20been%20there%20regarding%20rank&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gf1m6isJ8JgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&q=Dichhat+are+known+as+Gaur+Brahmins++Chhajwan+,+Ror+and+Sitya+have+a+lower+social+status&hl=en&redir_esc=y
- ↑ Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A private person with strong dislikes and few close friends(31 May 1996).