Babria Koli

The Babria Koli, or Bavlia Koli and Bavalia Koli is a clan (Gotra) of Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.[1][2]

Babria Koli
બાવળિયા કોલી
Gotra of the Koli caste
EthnicityKoli people
Location
VarnaWarrior
Parent tribe
DemonymKoli
Language
ReligionHindu
Surnames

Babria Kolis mostly found in the Babariawad region of Gujarat.[3] the region of Babariawad of Gujarat got his name because of Babria Kolis.[4] They mostly lived by plundering and Their plundering was called as Dhang.[5]

References

  1. Sherring, Matthew A.. Hindu Tribes and Castes: As Represented in Benares ; with Illustrations (in en) (1879)Thacker. p. 307–314.
  2. Sherring, Matthew Atmore. Hindu Tribes and Castes as Represented in Benares (in en) (1974). New Delhi, India: Cosmo Publications. p. 314.
  3. Bartholomew, John George. Constable's Hand-gazetteer of India (in en) (1898). India: A. Constable.
  4. Burgess, James. Report on the Antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75 (in en) (1876). India: India Museum. p. 12.
  5. d. 1917, Whitworth, George Clifford. An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India (in en) (1885). India: Kegan Paul, Trench. p. 84.