Kayastha
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Bangladesh and West Bengal genetics
Razib Khan reports more Bengali samples, finding Bengali Brahmins shifted as expected and Kayasthas not so genetically distinct from other Bengalis, so his working model is that they were peasants…
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Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu are very similar to Maharashtra Brahmins
Razib Khan uses PCA plots from the South Asian Genotype Project to show that Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu samples sit very close to Maharashtra Brahmins, unlike the Pathare Prabhu (SKP) group,…
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West Bengal Kayasthas are heterogeneous paternally and conventional Bengalis overall
Razib Khan says West Bengal Kayasthas sit on the PCA between East Bengalis and the main India cline, and unlike Bengali Brahmins, who resemble Uttar Pradesh Brahmins, differ little from…
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Bhadralok are made not born
Razib Khan plots two West Bengali samples, a Kayastha and a Brahmin, and finds the Kayastha resembles Bangladeshi samples with less East Asian ancestry, which supports the view that Kayasthas…
