The Deccan Chaadd’ddi

Soon some of these kshatriya crossed the Vindhya - Narmadā barrier; trade was probably the major force driving them south. We have earlier talked about cattle caravans from Indus valley travelling to and back from the vaḍukar country. [The Vaḍukar, The Kshatriya And The Brāmhaṇa, 11 Jun 17] Over time the trade led to a more thorough mixing of the kshatriya with the vaḍukar. Most of the kshatriya that we find in Konkan, and in the Deccan as a whole, in the next few millennia, and today, probably owe their origin to this miscegenation. Some from this new breed of kshatriya, whom we call the ‘deccan chaadd’ddi’, descended into the Konkan coast around 1,000 BCE, possibly driven by a drought; these are the kshatriya that Crawford and Arcamone talk about. [The Pastoralists of Deccan, 19 Mar 17; Crawford, 1909 : Legends Of The Konkan, 25; Fernandes, 1981:Uma Descrição e Relação de ‘De Sasatana Peninsula in Indiae Statu’ Textus Inediti, 93] I believe my ancestors were among these.