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Nair (Malayalam: നായര്, ), also spelt Nayar, is the name of a
Hinduhttp://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Goa/Goa12.htm upper caste from the
South Indian state of Kerala. They are a Kshatriya caste of Kerala
belonging to the Nagavanshi order. Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats,
Rohtak, India (1938, 1967) Kishori Lal Faujdar: Uttar Pradesh ke
Madhyakalin Jatvansh aur Rajya, Jat Samaj, Monthly Magazine, Agra,
September-October 1999 The Nairs of Kerala and the similarly matrilineal
Bunts of southern Tulu Nadu are thought to be descendants of the Kshatriyas
who accompanied the Brahmins to Kerala and Tulu Nadu respectively from
Ahichatra/Ahikshetra in southern Panchala.Before the British conquest in
1792, the Kerala region contained small, feudal kingdoms, in each of which
the royal and noble lineages, the militia, and most land managers were
drawn from the Nairs and related castes. "Nayar." Encyclopædia Bri
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