Konkan Maratha

Konkan Marathas are Konkani speaking Hindu Kshatriya originally from Goa, Karwar, Ankola, and Supa/Joida.

They are traditionally landholding caste,and have been financially and politically influential since many centuries in Goa.They have been the most dominant caste politically in Karwar region owing to their overwhelming majority and political acumen but in recent times have lost that clout as a result of falling numbers due to the compulsion of migrations to bigger cities because of the lack of industrialization in Karwar as well better opportunities outside.

Prior to the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510, they were known as Chardo or Chatur-rathi. The caste appellation of Chardo eventually fell into disuse among the Hindu Kshatriyas, who joined the other Kshatriyas of the Deccan and began to be known as Marathas, in order to differentiate themselves from Christians Roman Catholic Kshatriya. The Portuguese, fearing the relapses of their converts to Hinduism, destroyed all available material reminiscent of the old religion including literary works which are stated by historians to have been in Konkani, mainly religious or socio-religious in nature. Thus leading to significant loss of history before the Portuguese era, which couldn't be preserved due to repressive treatment of the Hindus by the Portuguese regime.

Most initial members of the community trace their origin from Chedi Kingdom.Saraswat Brahmins called them as Chardos or Cheddi in konkani. They formed the first civilised settlement on Konkan soil and spread them self as Naik, Shet, Phal, Dessai/ Mahale/ Mahalgoankar/ Goankar. Latter Bhoja and Yadava\Seuna_(Yadava)_dynasty established themselves with their other communities. Rising Kadambas gave a different dimension to Konkan with main centres at Banavasi and Goa.Kadams,Dessai and Naik originated from Goa and Karwar Kadambas and the Sawants (savant) owe their origins to the ancient Shilahara dynasty of Konkan Maharashtra (Sawantwadi region), while the Salunkhes (Salunke) are the descendants the great Chalukyas.Other migration trace from Chavda dynasty and their related communities, who were defeated by invading Arabs. During ninth to tenth Century Rajputana clans like Rana, Rawat Rajputs, Shahwant, Lad/Laad and other Suryavanshi Singhs(Surve) migrated to Konkan and Goa. Many of them had Saraswatised. Surve settled in Shringarpur and Canaconakars of Shristhal, Canacona trace their origin from Shringarpur of Ratnagiri.

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