Karava

Karava is a Sinhalese caste of Sri Lanka, whose ancestors migrated throughout history from the adjacent Coromandel coast, claiming lineage to the Kaurava royalty of the old Kingdom of Kuru in Northern India. The Tamil equivalent is Karaiyar. Both groups are also known as the Kurukula. Epigraphic evidence as well as the Janawamsaya, indicate some of the migration to the early historical era. Like the other coastal castes such as the Duravas and Salagamas, the majority of Karava migration to Sri Lanka happened between the 13th to 18th century from South India and are of historical Dravidian ethnic origin.

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