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Pancha-Gauda
Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other was Pancha-Dravida.
According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities residing to the north of the Vindhyas:
- Gauda
- Kannaujia
- Maithila
- Utkala
- Saraswat Brahmin (including Goud Saraswat Brahmins, who have migrated to the south of Vindhyas)