09-08-2006, 09:47 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A good example is the Kamma 'caste' in AP. I strongly suspect that the Kamma caste is a modern creation and that there may not be more than scant references to a kamma caste going back more than 150 years ago.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Kaushal the references to Kammas evidently date back as far as the Vijayanagara empire, here is one reference:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->87. SALUVA NARASIMHA'S WAR UPON THE QUTB SHAH
AND THE GAJAPATI.
At the time when Narasimharaya waged war upon the
Qutb Shah and the Gajapati, Bukkaraja accompanied him as
far as Delhi with 4,000 Kshatriyas of Murikinau, 2,500 Velmas and Kammas together with all his kinsmen. When the Qutb
Shahi troops broke, the army of Barno (?) Grajapati came to their
rescue. The army of the Kaya, which was defeated, retreated
to the banks of the Narmada (pursued by the victorious
enemy); but Bukka with the help of his followers arrested the
enemy's progress and acquired great glory by putting them to
flight. The Raya who was struck with the courage of Bukka
conferred upon him as jaglr Aravidu and Celamanur yielding
a revenue of 2 lakhs of varahas in addition to the estate fetching
one lakh which he was already enjoying.
Karnatarajya Vrttantamu, Journal of the Telugu Academy, X, pp. 194-5.
Further Sources Of Vijayanagara History, K.A.Nilakanta Sastry, Pg 83-84.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020010027355<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Kaushal the references to Kammas evidently date back as far as the Vijayanagara empire, here is one reference:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->87. SALUVA NARASIMHA'S WAR UPON THE QUTB SHAH
AND THE GAJAPATI.
At the time when Narasimharaya waged war upon the
Qutb Shah and the Gajapati, Bukkaraja accompanied him as
far as Delhi with 4,000 Kshatriyas of Murikinau, 2,500 Velmas and Kammas together with all his kinsmen. When the Qutb
Shahi troops broke, the army of Barno (?) Grajapati came to their
rescue. The army of the Kaya, which was defeated, retreated
to the banks of the Narmada (pursued by the victorious
enemy); but Bukka with the help of his followers arrested the
enemy's progress and acquired great glory by putting them to
flight. The Raya who was struck with the courage of Bukka
conferred upon him as jaglr Aravidu and Celamanur yielding
a revenue of 2 lakhs of varahas in addition to the estate fetching
one lakh which he was already enjoying.
Karnatarajya Vrttantamu, Journal of the Telugu Academy, X, pp. 194-5.
Further Sources Of Vijayanagara History, K.A.Nilakanta Sastry, Pg 83-84.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020010027355<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->