Chauhan (Clan)
The Chauhan Koli[1] (also spelled as Chouhan Koli and Chohan Koli) (Hindi: चौहान कोली) is a clan (gotra) of the Koli caste living in the Gujarat and Rajasthan states in India.[2][3]
| Chauhan Koli ચૌહાણ કોળી | |
|---|---|
| Clan (Gotra) of Koli caste | |
| Ethnicity | Koli people |
| Location | |
| Varna | Warrior |
| Parent tribe |
|
| Demonym | Koli |
| Branches | |
| Language | |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Surnames | |
Indian historian L.S. Vishwanath states that before the independence of India, Chauhan Kolis had matrimonial alliances with poor and low-caste Rajputs. Because the poor Rajputs were unable to give much dowry in the marriage of their daughters, so the poor Rajputs married their Rajput girls to the rich Koli families of Chauhan, Rathore and Solanki clans, and after which the Koli caste people started claiming themselves to be Kshatriyas and were called Nava-Kshatriyas.[4]
Principlities[edit]
- The Chauhan kolis ruled over petty princely states of Katosan and Likhi in Mahi Kantha Agency.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Roy, Shibani (1983). Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar. Delhi, India: Cosmo Publications. p. 98.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Perez, Rosa Maria (2004). Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India. New Delhi, India: Orient Blackswan. p. 71. ISBN 978-81-8028-014-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Doshi, Shambu Lal (1995). Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Delhi, India: Rawat Publications. p. 67. ISBN 978-81-7033-278-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Vishwanath, L. S. (2000). Female Infanticide and Social Structure: A Socio-historical Study in Western and Northern India. New Delhi, India: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. p. 38. ISBN 978-81-7075-057-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ The Hind Rajasthan, Or, The Annals of the Native States of India. New Delhi, India: Usha Publications. 1985. pp. 64–198.
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