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Rh bably Rajendra, the reputed conqueror of Kalingam and other northern countries; many were persecuted, many were ordered to be destroyed, and the rest were classed along with other hostile tribes in the left-hand division.

The other castes which strive for a higher social position are the Kaikolas and the Devangas, the former of whom claiın direct descent from Virabahu, one of the nine commanders of god Subrahmanya, and the latter, wearing the sacred thread, fight for Brahmanhood. This kind of struggle for Brahmanical rank is strongest in Mysore and South Canara, but it is almost unknown in the neighbouring district of Malabar. For example, the potters of South Canara returned their caste name at the Census of 1891 as Gunda (pot) Brahmana ; the artisans as Visva-, Deva-, Surya-, and Subrahmanya Brahmana ; the Kshatriya and Vaisya Brahmana ;. and the Madigas (leather-workers) as Matanga Brahmana. Encouraged by the novel and anti-Brahmanical doctrines of Basava, which did away with all the caste distinctions, the servile classes styled themselves Brahmans; and in so doing have adopted uncouth nomenclature from the Sanskrit and Canarese vocabularies. The names of the Lingayat septs are legion, but some may be given here :—Chikkamane Sampradaya Brahmana, Dhuli Pavada Brahmana, Gaudalike Jangama Brahınana, Hirihasube Banajiga Brahmana, Sthavara Jangama Brahmana, &c. It is this, we believe, that has misled Sir W. W.