High Land and Low Land Brahmins
Pancha Gouda (High Land)
- Saraswata(Afgan- Sindh- Punjab-Rajasthan)
- Kanya Kubja( Kanpur region)
- Goudiya( Eastern Bihar- Undivided Bengal Region)
- Utkala
- Mithila(Nepal- Western Bihar)
Pancha Dravida(Low Land)
- Maharastra
- Andhra
- Dravida( Tamil Nadu- Simhal-Bali- Sumatra)
- Karnataka
- Gujrat
Kashmiri Poet-politician Kalhana[CE 1148] mentioned the above system within the Bharatiya Brahminical Group in his time.
Dravida[द्रविड़(Low land)- द्रव+ड़] means one who lives nearby the ocean. ड़ means Land
Gouda- Gangetic Plain or simple Plain agrarian land. गौड़- गौ(Cow) +ड़(Land)
