Nagavanshi

{{short description|Indian dynasty}}

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Nagavanshi (IAST: Nāgavaṃśī) refers to several Indian Kshatriya dynasties or ruling groups claiming descent from the mythical Nāgas. Along with Suryavanshi, Agnivanshi and Chandravanshi, the Nagavanshi clans form a part of the Kshatriya class in the Varna system of India.{{cite journal | url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/006996690024002008?journalCode=cisa | title=The Kshatriya View of Caste: A Discussion of Raheja's the Poison in the Gift | first1=Derne | last1=Steve | date=July 1990 | journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology | volume=24 | issue=2 | pages=259–263 | publisher=SAGE Publications, London| doi=10.1177/006996690024002008 | s2cid=143941820 | url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal | url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/brahmanic-and-kshatriya-tradition/9AB01A5D7171537B4A93A160F5B7559B# | title=The Brahmanic and Kshatriya Tradition | first1=Keith | last1=Berriedale | journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society | volume=46 | date=March 2011 | publisher=Cambridgejjkqkkk University Press}} The notable members of this class include:

• Nairs, who ruled in Kerala{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2843423 | jstor=2843423 | title=Some Aspects of Nayar Life | last1=Panikkar | first1=Kavalam M. | journal=The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland | year=1918 | volume=48 | pages=254–293 | doi=10.2307/2843423 | url-access=subscription }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gAiBAAAAMAAJ&q=kinship+systems+in+South+and+Southeast+Asia:+A+Study | title=Kinship Systems in South and Southeast Asia: A Study | isbn=9780706976687 | last1=Unny | first1=Govindan | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | year=1994 }}
• Nagas of Chotanagpur, who ruled in Chota Nagpur, Jharkhand
• Nagas of Padmavati, who ruled in Madhya Pradesh
• Nagas of Vidisha, who ruled in Madhya Pradesh
• Nagas of Vindhyatabi, ancient dynasty of Odisha
• Nagas of Panna State, who ruled in Madhya Pradesh
• Nagas of Kalahandi, who ruled in Kalahandi, Odisha
• Chindaka Naga, who ruled in Chhattisgarh and Odisha
• Pithipatis of Bodh Gaya, medieval Buddhist dynasty formed in Magadha by a branch of the Chindaka Nagas
• Alupas (part of the Bunt community), ancient dynasty of Karnataka
• Bunts (Shetty and Chowtas), who ruled in Karnataka{{Cite web |title=The Study of Nayakatana in the Vijayanagara Empire with Special Reference to Tuluva Dynasty. Nairs of kerala|url=http://sscwtumkur.org/sscwcms/uploads/activities/permanent/2018/12/13/7_1544721945_nayakatana.pdf}}