The Girasia , or Garasia ,[ 1] Girasiya and Garasiya is a title used by the Koli chiefs of petty states or Jagirdars who held the villages as Giras granted by rulers.[ 2] Chunvalia Kolis held the title of Girasia and they worshipped the Hindu goddess Shakti .[ 3]
Koli Girasia Language(s) Gujarati Word/Name Gujarat Derivation Giras (a grant of villages given by a ruler) Meaning Ruler of granted villages Variant form(s) Girasia, Girasiya, Garasia, Garasiya Related names Mehvasia
The Koli Garasiya were tributary to the ruler of state who gave the Giras.[ 4]
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↑ Clark, Alice Whitcomb (1979). Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System University of Wisconsin--Madison . pp. 55: Koli garasias would often " hire a land from the manager of a village, trusting to the timidity of the other villagers, declare that it was O 1, 57 famiiy, bapita, land. ↑ Bayly, Susan (2001-02-22). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age New Delhi , India : Cambridge University Press . p. 84. ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6 {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: date and year (link )↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1989). Folk Lore Notes: Folklore of Gujurat Asian Educational Services . p. 5. ISBN 978-81-206-0485-8 ↑ Hardiman, David; Hardiman, Professor of History David (1996). Feeding the Baniya: Peasants and Usurers in Western India Oxford University Press . p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-563956-8
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