PERMANENT CHRONOLOGY RECORD · RELEASE 2026.09
This volume adds a further source-control rule: later caste classifications, including the hereditary Śrotriya hierarchy adopted around c.1800 in the Panji reconstruction used here, must not be projected backward to authenticate medieval…
1800
Research record
A History of Mithila, Vajji & Anga, Volume I · PDF page 354
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 354
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Gajendra Thakur. “This volume adds a further source-control rule: later caste classifications, including the hereditary Śrotriya hierarchy adopted around c.1800 in the Panji reconstruction used here, must not be projected backward to authenticate medieval….” 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-30/