Pancha-Dravida
Pancha Dravida is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other was Pancha-Gauda.In ''Rajatarangini''
, in his Rajatarangini, classifies the following five Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida, stating that they reside to the south of the Vindhyas:
The Maratha-era kaifiyats of Deccan, which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida:
The kafiyats classify the Gurjara Brahmins as Pancha Gauda. They also mention the following 16 sub-castes of the Pancha-Dravidas:
