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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:

  1. Gurjara ( Gujarati Brahmins)
  2. Maharashtraka ( Maharashtrian Brahmins)
  3. Karnataka ( Kannada Brahmins)
  4. Talianga ( Telugu Brahmins)
  5. Dravida (Brahmins of Tamil Nadu and Kerala)