Girasia (Koli title)

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] the most of the Chunvalia Kolis held the title of Girasia and they worshipped the Hindu goddess Shakti.^[3]

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The Koli Garasiya were tributary to the ruler of state who gave the Giras.^[4]

References

↑ Clark, Alice Whitcomb (1979). Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System. New Delhi, India: 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 .{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
↑ 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. New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-206-0485-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
↑ Hardiman, David; Hardiman, Professor of History David (1996). Feeding the Baniya: Peasants and Usurers in Western India. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-563956-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

External links

Gujarat: The Long Fifteenth Century and the Making of a Region by Aparna Kapadiya

[1] Clark, Alice Whitcomb (1979). Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System. New Delhi, India: 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 .{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] 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)

[3] Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1989). Folk Lore Notes: Folklore of Gujurat. New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-206-0485-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[4] Hardiman, David; Hardiman, Professor of History David (1996). Feeding the Baniya: Peasants and Usurers in Western India. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-563956-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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