Kapu

Traditional Indian society was modeled
as a collection of endogamous, or intermarried, subgroups known as jatis
(“birth”). These jatis were organized
(and their social status determined) by
the group’s hereditary occupation, over
which each group held a monopoly. In
traditional society, the Kapus were farmers. In much of modern Andhra
Pradesh, particularly the region bordering modern Tamil Nadu, the Kapus are
the dominant landholding group.
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Kapha