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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 149. Chapters: Bunt, Chauhan, Saini people, Ror, Dhangar, Rajput, Rajus, Nair, Kodava, Kachwaha, Bais Rajput, Khattar, Lunar Dynasty, Rathore, Nambiar, Mers, Nagavanshi, Vellalar, Newa people, Samantha Kshatriya, Sihag, Roman Catholic Kshatriya, Malayala Kshatriya, Somvanshi Kshatriya, Samanthan Nair, Maratha, Shekhawat, Chhetri, Khangarot, Agnivansha, Bajar, Bhati, Thakur, Jain Bunt, Rawat Rajputs, Somvanshi Pathare Kshatriya, Menon, SARNA, Thampi, Nischal, Bhavsar, Rajputs of Gujarat, Bisht, Kiryathil Nair, Arakhs, Thuluva Vellalar, Meenachil Kartha, Pathani, Tripuri Kshatriya, B.R.K Raju, Bisen, Bagri, Varma, Datla, Naduvazhi, Illathu Nair, Nayanar, Tamil Kshatriya, Rehvar, Swaroopathil Nair, Javanese Kshatriya, Dabhi, Pillai, Balinese Kshatriya, Nambidi, Mannadiar, Madampi, Dodiya, Padamangalam Nair, Naga Rajput, Dikhit, Baisoya, Achan(Nair Subcaste), Bhale Sultan, Manipuri Kshatriya, Ahbans, Dahima, Bartwal, Tamil Padam Nair, Devda, Vala, Brahmakshatriya, Menoky, Eradi, Eshmanan, Jinkara, Vantia. Excerpt: Bunt (pronounced also spelled 'Bant' in former English usage, Tulu: , Kannada: , Malayalam: ) or Tulunad Kshatriya are a Hindu community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala. The Bunts claim Kshatriya descent from the Nagavanshi lineage and are classified as Forward caste by both the Union and State governments of India. They traditionally follow a matrilineal system of descent and kinship like their related communities of Samantha Kshatriya and Nair but unlike them they were endogamous. The word Bunt is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Bhata' and means a powerful man or a soldier in the Tulu language. Sir H.A. Stuart in the Manual of South C...
