Kashyap (caste)
Indian caste
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The Kashyap Rajput or Kashyap are a caste in India. They are sometimes called the Koshyal or Kanshilya.[1][2]
Community
Kashyap is originally one of the eight primary gotras (clans) of the Brahmins, being derived from Kashyapa, the name of a rishi (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the sanskritisation process.[3][2] The All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the 1941 census of British India to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as Kashyap Rajput rather than by any other name.[4][5]