Is Sikh a Rajput?

Rajput Sikhs are Sikhs who trace their pre-Sikh lineage back to the Rajput caste (ibid.). The Rajput people are known for their valor in the battlefield and chivalry towards a defeated foe.

Is Rajput a lower caste?

The Vaishyas were the agriculturalist, landowners, traders and money-lenders and the shudras known as the lower class Hindus who have to serve the above three caste. The Rajput falls in the category of the Kshatriyas.

Which category does Rajput belong to?

Rajput come in forward class. They are general category in India. They are a group of Hindus who belong to Kshatriya clan.

Is Rai a Jatt?

Rai (राय) Ray (राय) Rae (राय) gotra Jats live in Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. It is a branch of Chauhan.

Is Jat a Kshatriya?

Varna status Some sources state that Jats are regarded as Kshatriyas, while others assign Vaishya or Shudra varna to them. According to Santokh S. Anant, Jats, Rajputs, and Thakurs are at the top of the caste hierarchy in most of the north Indian villages, surpassing Brahmins.

What is the difference between a Rajput and a Yadav?

Yadavs are the older than Rajputs.Rajput is title used by cluster of castes started in middle ages. Ramayan mentions none of these castes, but Gurjars are mentioned in Mahabharata.

Is Kashyap a caste or a gotra?

Actually Kashyap is not exactly a caste. It is a gotra. It may belong to many castes. Rajputs are kshatriya’s Kshatriya’s are single caste by varnashrama darma. so where ever they are in they called as kshatriya even they might have different tittle but they belongs to kshatriya by caste. so call it as kshatriya.

Is Ahir a very old caste?

Yadav (Yadu vansh) is a Aryan clan and is found in all four castes mentioned here. Some historians say that Ahir are Abhir people as mentioned in Mahabharata. Abhirs defeated Arjuna when he was returning from Dwarika after the death of Shri Krishna. If that is true, then Ahir too is a very old caste.

What is the difference between Khatri and Kashyap rajput?

Khatri are the decedents/ followers of parshuram (the same saint who once became angry, and wiped Kshatriyas from the earth 13 times). Kashyap rajputs are not at all rajput (they use the surname rajpoot but they are actually not), they are belong to khatri class and have no connection linkage to surya vansh, chandra vansh or agni kul.