Govi, Govigama, Goigama, Goygama, Goyigama is a very numerous Caste in Sri Lanka. by Robert Knox(1641-1720)]] History The traditional occupation of this caste is agriculture, and they were the farmers and small land owners in the Sri Lankan feudal system. Most members of the Govigama community are still farmers in villages throughout Sri Lanka. They were an integral part of the caste hierarchy in traditional Sinhalese society, as the Sri Lanka's fourfold caste model was practiced as having Raja, Bamunu, Velenda and Govi. Historic literature and inscriptional evidence from the feudal period show that the above hierarchy prevailed throughout the feudal period until the collapse of Sri Lankan kingdoms and social structure under the onslaught of European colonialism. The Karava fishermen caste are considered much lower than the Govi peo

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