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PERMANENT CHRONOLOGY RECORD · RELEASE 2026.09

Panji genealogy remained older than colonial rule, yet in this volume's source-controlled reconstruction hereditary Śrotriya sub-caste ranking belongs around c.1800.

1800

Cited anchorCited chronology source record
Record ID
chronology-27
Period
1800
Updated
13 September 2026

Research record

A History of Mithila, Vajji & Anga, Volume I · PDF page 357

Chronological safeguard

Śrotriya/Srotriya is not treated as a timeless medieval Maithil Brahmin sub-caste. This archive dates its distinct sub-caste emergence to the later period around 1800 CE unless source-controlled evidence requires a narrower formulation.

Scholarly apparatus

Evidence status: Cited chronology source record.

Source / provenance: A History of Mithila, Vajji & Anga, Volume I · PDF page 357

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Gajendra Thakur. “Panji genealogy remained older than colonial rule, yet in this volume's source-controlled reconstruction hereditary Śrotriya sub-caste ranking belongs around c.1800..” Videha Digital Research Archive: Mithila–Vajji–Anga. Videha — https://www.videha.co.in/ · ISSN 2229-547X · GitHub mirror: https://videha-ejournal.github.io/videha/ · Digital Research Archives on GitHub: https://github.com/videha-ejournal. https://videha-ejournal.github.io/mithila-vajji-anga/records/chronology/chronology-27/

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