Gavli

Gavli (also spelled as Gawli or Gavali) (Marathi: गवळी) is a Hindu caste in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.[1][2][3] They are a part of the Yadav community.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Jaffrelot (2003), p. 187: "The term "Yadav" covers many castes which initially had different names: Ahir in the Hindi belt, Punjab and Gujarat, Gavli in Maharashtra, Gola in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka etc."
  2. ^ Malhotra, K. C. (March 1982). "Ecology of a pastoral caste: Gavli Dhangars of peninsular India" (PDF). Human Ecology. 10 (1): 107–143. doi:10.1007/BF01531107. S2CID 154253698.
  3. ^ Mehta, B. H. (1994). Gonds of the Central Indian Highlands. Vol. II. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. pp. 568–569.
  4. ^ Saraswati, Baidyanath (1998). The Cultural Dimension of Ecology. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 978-81-246-0102-0.
  5. ^ Tribes, Karnataka (India) Legislature Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled. Report. Karnataka Legislature Secretariat.
  6. ^ Commission, Third Karnataka Backward Classes (1990). The Justice-journey of the Karnataka Backward Classes. Government of Karnataka.
  7. ^ Karnataka State Gazetteer: Shimoga. Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. 1975.
  8. ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961. Manager of Publications.
  9. ^ Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Buldhana. Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State, 1976. 1976. p. 224.
  10. ^ Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.