Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "காஷ்மீர இந்துக்கள்" in Tamil language version.
This community prior to their conversion was divided amongst the Brahmin, Kshatria, Vaish, and Shudr castes.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)'Kashmiri Brahmins are said to have originally belonged to only six gotras, -By intermarriage with other Brahmins the number of gotras multiplied to 199' ( Koul 1924).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)The Indic influence extends across caste and clan. The last name of Burhan Wani, the slain jihadist now deified by separatists, is derived from the Hindu bania caste, and it further devolved into specific subcastes depending on what they traded in — for instance, those who trade in saffron became Kesarwani.
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