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Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other is Pancha-Dravida.

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  • In ''Rajatarangini''
  • In the ''Sahyadri-khanda''
  • In the ''kaifiyat''s
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Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other is Pancha-Dravida.

== In Rajatarangini == According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north of the Vindhyas in west-central India: Sarasvata Kanyakubja Gauda Utkala Maithila

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