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Pancha-Dravida
Pancha Dravida is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other was Pancha-Gauda.
According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the Pancha Dravida group includes the following five Brahmin communities residing to the south of the Vindhyas:
- Gurjara ( Gujarati Brahmins)
- Maharashtraka ( Maharashtrian Brahmins)
- Karnataka ( Kannada Brahmins)
- Talianga ( Telugu Brahmins)
- Dravida (Brahmins of Tamil Nadu and Kerala)