Traditional Communities & Gotra Systems

• Agarwal (अग्रवाल) — The Agarwal (Agrawal) community traces its ancestry to Maharaja Agrasen, the revered ruler of Agroha...
• Brahmin (ब्राह्मण) — The Brahmin gotra system is the primary classical foundation of Hindu lineage tracking, originating ...
• Rajput (राजपूत) — Rajputs trace their martial lineages through the classical Kshatriya Vamshas: Suryavanshi (Solar dyn...
• Kayastha (कायस्थ) — The Kayastha community traces its descent from Lord Chitragupta, the divine scribe and keeper of dee...
• Yadav (यादव) — The Yadav (Ahir) community claims direct descent from King Yadu of the Chandravamsha (Lunar dynasty)...
• Jat (जाट) — The Jat community is renowned for having one of the strictest gotra exogamy systems in the world. Tr...
• Maratha (मराठा) — The Maratha community is historically structured under the 96 Kuli (Shahannav Kuli) Maratha system. ...
• Khatri (खत्री) — The Khatri community originates from Punjab and the historic northwestern regions of India, traditio...
• Marwari (मारवाड़ी) — Marwari refers to the mercantile and business communities originating from the historical Marwar reg...
• Baniya / Vaishya (वैश्य / बनिया) — The Vaishya (Baniya) community encompasses the historic trading, banking, and agricultural lineages ...