Chaukalshi

Chaukalshi is an ethnic community of Maharashtra and Goa.[1][2][3][4]

They are related to Panchkalshi community and are involved in occupation of Mali, carpenter, herdsman and also Prabhus. In social hierarchy they are considered lower than Panchkalshi.[5][6][7][8]They are one of the original tribes, who migrated to Bombay in 13th century AD with Yaduvanshi king, Raja Bhimdev.[9]Post independence of India, there were some efforts for unification of Chaukalshi & Panchkalshi tribes and a foundation named Kshatriya Parishad was founded in 1949 for the purpose.[4]


References

  1. ↑ General, India Office of the Registrar (1966). Census of India, 1961: Maharashtra. Manager of Publications. pp. 14, 15, 16, 58. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ . 1989. p. 2 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qHckAQAAMAAJ&dq=chaukalshi+maharashtra+government&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=chaukalshi. Retrieved 19 June 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Mathur, M. L. (2004). Encyclopaedia of Backward Castes. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178352695. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 Kannan, Chirayil Thumbayil (1963). Intercaste and Inter-community Marriages in India. Allied Publishers. p. 50. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. ↑ The origin of Bombay By Joseph Gerson Da Cunha
  6. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kola'ba and Janjira, 1883
  7. ↑ Faces of Goa: a journey through the history and cultural revolution of Goa ... By Karin Larsen
  8. ↑ Bombay: the cities within
  9. ↑ The origin of Bombay By Joseph Gerson Da Cunha
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