Mathur (name)

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Mathur is a subcaste of the Kayastha community in Northern India, [1] with their origins possibly in Mathura. [2]

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Mathur in South India

Sizeable Mathur community is also found in South India, mostly in Hyderabad. [3] [4] They mostly migrated from North India to find placement in administration under Medieval Indian rulers. [5]

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References

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  2. Alam, Ishrat (2011). "Extracting Social History from Medieval Documents of India". In Alam, Ishrat; Hussain, Syed Ejaz (eds.). The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray. Primus Books. p. 61. ISBN   978-9-38060-716-0.
  3. M. Radhakrishna Sarma (1987). History of Hyderabad District, 1879-1950 A.D., Yugabda 4981-5052, Volume 2. Hyderabad: Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Samiti. p. 28.
  4. Karen Isaksen Leonard (1979). The Kayasths of Hyderabad City: Their Internal History, and Their Role in Politics and Society from 1850 to 1900. Hyderabad: University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 83.
  5. Karen Isaksen Leonard (1994). Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad. Hyderabad: Orient Longman.