The Deccan Chaadd’ddi

<p>Soon some of these <i>kshatriya</i> crossed the <i>Vindhya</i> - <i>Narmadā</i> barrier; trade was probably the major force driving them south. We have earlier talked about cattle caravans from Indus valley travelling to and back from the <i>vaḍukar</i> country. [<i>The Vaḍukar, The Kshatriya And The Brāmhaṇa</i>, 11 Jun 17] Over time the trade led to a more thorough mixing of the <i>kshatriya</i> with the <i>vaḍukar</i>. Most of the <i>kshatriya </i>that we find in Konkan, and in the Deccan as a whole, in the next few millennia, and today, probably owe their origin to this miscegenation. Some from this new breed of <i>kshatriya</i>, whom we call the ‘<i>deccan chaadd’ddi</i>’, descended into the Konkan coast around 1,000 BCE, possibly driven by a drought; these are the <i>kshatriya</i> that Crawford and Arcamone talk about. [<i>The Pastoralists of Deccan</i>, 19 Mar 17; Crawford, 1909 : <i>Legends Of The Konkan</i>, 25; Fernandes, 1981:<i>Uma Descrição e Relação de ‘De Sasatana Peninsula in Indiae Statu’ Textus Inediti</i>, 93] I believe my ancestors were among these.