Gavara
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Gavara are Telugu speaking community residing in coastal Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu . Since 19th century many Gavara's has migrated to Malaysia, Burma ,Fiji and south Africa.
Inscriptions[]
Inscriptions form an important source of information on the history of the Gavara Community.
A number of inscriptions issued between the 13th & 15th centuries A.D. at places like Panchdarlu, Draksharamam, Gudimetta, Tatikonda, Malkapuram, Kolakaluru, Kopparam and Srisailam offer much information about the services of the Gavara families under the Kakatiya dynasty power. Similarly the copper plate records like the Narsipatnam plates of Vajrahasta Deva of the Eastern Gangas dated 1045 A.D. offer clues on ‘Gaurasetti Vishaya'.
References[]
- ^ Vijaya, M.; Kanthimathi, S.; Srikumari, C. R.; Reddy, P. Govinda; Majumder, P. P.; Ramesh, A. (2007). "A Study on Telugu – Speaking Immigrants of Tamil Nadu, South India" (PDF). International Journal of Human Genetics. 7 (4): 303–306.
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- Social groups of Andhra Pradesh
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- Andhra Pradesh stubs