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KAYASTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KAYASTH , the writer See also:

caste of See also:Northern See also:India, especially numerous and influential in See also:Bengal. In 1901 their See also:total number in all India was more than two millions. Their claim to be Kshattriyas who have taken to clerical See also:work is not admitted by the Brahmans. Under See also:Mahommedan See also:rule they learnt See also:Persian, and filled many important offices. They are now eager students of See also:English, and have supplied not only several See also:judges to the high See also:court but also the first See also:Hindu to be a member of the See also:governor-See also:general's See also:council. In Bombay their See also:place is taken by the Prabhus, and in See also:Assam by the Kalitas (Kolitas); in See also:Southern India there is no distinct clerical caste.

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