Dabhi

The Dabhi are a clan of the Kushwaha Rajputs and Kolis.[1][2] Dabhi Kolis ruled over Ghorasar estate.[3][4]

The Dabhi are found mainly in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. They claim descent from the mythological Suryavansh (Solar) dynasty via Kusha, who was one of the twin sons of Rama and Sita (however this myth of origin was only created in the twentieth century.[5] Previously, they had worshipped Shiva and Shakta.[6][7][8]

However, historians state that such illustrious descent was fabricated by Brahmins in order to give the mainly low caste Rajputs greater status and prestige in a process called Rajputization.[9] Kolis as well utilize tall claims in order to claim Kshatriya status, despite their historical origin as lawless marauding robbers and dacoits.[10][11][12]

References
  1. Roy, Shibani (1983). Koli culture: a profile of the culture of Talpad vistar. Cosmo.
  2. State), Bombay (India (1884). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... Government Central Press.
  3. Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (2016-05-12). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
  4. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880.
  5. Pinch, William R. (1996). Peasants and monks in British India. University of California Press. pp. 12, 91–92. ISBN 978-0-520-20061-6.
  6. Kumar, Naresh (2003). Dabhi Descent of Lord Rama. Anmol Publication. ISBN 9788126114009.
  7. watson, John whaley (1874). Dabhi Descent of Lord Rama. India Antiquary.
  8. Vasu, Nagendra (1925). Dabhi Descent of Lord Rama. Hindi Vishvakosh Part-10. p. 350.
  9. Koyal, Sivaji (1986). "Emergence of Kingship, Rajputization and a New Economic Arrangement in Mundaland". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. Indian History Congress. 47, I: 536–542. JSTOR 44141600.
  10. Ratnagar, Shereen (2010). Being Tribal. Primus Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-9-38060-702-3.
  11. Shah, Arvind M. (2012), The Structure of Indian Society: Then and Now, Routledge, p. 169, ISBN 978-1-13619-770-3
  12. Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003), India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India (Reprinted ed.), C. Hurst & Co., ISBN 9781850653981
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