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Did you know... that the Mahishya caste is one of the predominant Hindu castes in West Bengal, India?

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Caste of Digambar Biswas, Bishnu Charan Biswas and Basanta Kumar Biswas

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In the Nadia district, the surname "Biswas" is predominantly associated with the Kayastha caste. Please provide references to show Digambar Biswas, Bishnu Charan Biswas and Basanta Kumar Biswas were Mahishya. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SenBiswas (talk • contribs) 04:15, 30 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your revert

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

@Ekdalian, In your last revert your removed content I've added using a reliable source and you asked for the author's qualification, exact page number, and quotes?

Dr. Harihar Kanungo's qualification: BA, MA Phd.
exact page number and quote; for reliability issue: I'm posting here full source with exact page# and quote. ^[1]

↑ Kanungo, Dr.Harihar (August 2004). "THE ORIGIN OF GANGA DYNASTY - A NEW INSIGHT" (PDF). The Odisa Historical Research Journal (OHRJ). xlvii (2). Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, Bhubaneswar: 17 – via Government of Odisha. According to the Bengali historian Sevananda Bharati, the primary abode of the Mahisya -race was located in the northern bank of river Narmada, which originated from the foot hills of the Vindhyas. The present day Ratnavati on the bank of river Narmada is perhaps another name of the ancient city Mahishimati. It was the old capital of the Mahishyas. Therefore, it had the name Mahishimati Nagari (the city of Mahishimati). The Mahishyas had migrated from Ayodhya on the bank of river Saraju and entered the province Midnapur through the eastern part of the Vindhyas. From the above accounts given by Sevananda Bharati, it is obvious that a section of the Kaivartta or Mahishya-race had come from the banks of river Saraju and settled at the foot hills of the Vindhyas. The name of this city Mahishimati is mentioned in the Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagabata of Vyasa.

Saleem.Khan113 (talk) 16:20, 15 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Plz do some enquiry about hazra bhramin community because there is almost no content available on the internet but bengoli people know that hazra bhramin with savarna gotra exist plz tell history

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

As so less people know about hazra bengoli bhramins ~2026-54917-5 (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the last revert

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

@Ekdalian In response to your revert, I am explaining how the lines are written in the source I used for my edit, along with the source and page number.

1.Kanungo, Dr.Harihar (August 2024). "THE ORIGIN OF GANGA DYNASTY - A NEW INSIGHT" (PDF). Odisa Historical Research Journal. 47 (III). https://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Journal/Journal2/pdf/ohrj-03.pdf

Page no - 17 (Pdf page no 3)

"Pandit Lalmohan Vidyanidhi in his book Sambandha Nirnaya and Mahima Ch. Mazumdar in Gaude Brahmana have mentioned that the Mahisya-race became very powerful and later on were divided into four parts, namely, Aswapati, Gajapati, Narapati and Chhatrapati. The Gajapatis had established their empire in Orissa."

2. Gupta, Swarupa (2009). Notions of Nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives on Samaj,

https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Notions_of_Nationhood_in_Bengal/AGSuVgPH9T4C?hl=en Page - 247

"The Ganga kings of Orissa were supposed to have migrated to Orissa from Bengal. Tracing the origin of the Gangas, Lalmohan Vidyanidhi and Mahimchandra Majumdar concurred that the Mahishyas became very powerful and got divided intofour groups—Asvapati, Gajapati, Narapati and Chhatrapati." Hamir samanta (talk) 03:34, 25 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for sharing the quotes! Hamir samanta, you may rewrite the statements in your own language, although you need to stick to what the sources say! This is required in order to avoid copyright violation! I shall refine the same, if required, once you are done! Ekdalian (talk) 08:12, 25 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] Kanungo, Dr.Harihar (August 2004). "THE ORIGIN OF GANGA DYNASTY - A NEW INSIGHT" (PDF). The Odisa Historical Research Journal (OHRJ). xlvii (2). Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, Bhubaneswar: 17 – via Government of Odisha. According to the Bengali historian Sevananda Bharati, the primary abode of the Mahisya -race was located in the northern bank of river Narmada, which originated from the foot hills of the Vindhyas. The present day Ratnavati on the bank of river Narmada is perhaps another name of the ancient city Mahishimati. It was the old capital of the Mahishyas. Therefore, it had the name Mahishimati Nagari (the city of Mahishimati). The Mahishyas had migrated from Ayodhya on the bank of river Saraju and entered the province Midnapur through the eastern part of the Vindhyas. From the above accounts given by Sevananda Bharati, it is obvious that a section of the Kaivartta or Mahishya-race had come from the banks of river Saraju and settled at the foot hills of the Vindhyas. The name of this city Mahishimati is mentioned in the Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagabata of Vyasa.

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Caste of Digambar Biswas, Bishnu Charan Biswas and Basanta Kumar Biswas

Your revert

Plz do some enquiry about hazra bhramin community because there is almost no content available on the internet but bengoli people know that hazra bhramin with savarna gotra exist plz tell history

Regarding the last revert