Jalia Kaibarta

Jalia Kaibarta (or Jaliya Kaibartta ), is an aboriginal tribe which was later converted into a Hindu caste or community by Sanskritisation, traditionally engaged in the occupation of fishing and originally belongs to Assam, West Bengal, Odisha and eastern Bihar along with Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan. The Kaibartas were initially considered a single tribe divided into two groups, Jaliya and Haliya in Bengal. Jaliya Kaibartas are categorized as a Scheduled Caste, though the Haliya Kaibartas are not.[1][2][3]However, Kaibbartas of Bengal and Assam are different. Kaibbartas of Assam had mixed with Austric and Mongoloid groups after their arrival to Assam during the ancient times. They are recognized as Schedule Caste in Assam under the name Jal Keot or Kaibarta.[4][5] Kaibbarta stock are an ancient group of people found in Kamarupa. The first proto Assamese manuscript was written by Luipa, a Buddhist priest in the form of Charyapadas. Luipa was a Kaibbarta person of ancient Kamarupa who was born in the 10th Century.[6][7]

Kaibarta fisherman from East Bengal in 1860s

References
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  2. Venkatesh Salagrama; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (30 December 2006). Trends in Poverty and Livelihoods in Coastal Fishing Communities of Orissa State, India. Food & Agriculture Org. p. 80. ISBN 978-92-5-105566-3. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. Chakrabarty, Bidyut (1997). Local Politics and Indian Nationalism: Midnapur (1919-1944). New Delhi: Manohar. pp. 62–67.
  4. Tribes, India Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled (1969). Report. Manager, Government of India Press. p. 122. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. Indian Association of Social Science Institutions Quarterly. Indian Association of Social Science Institutions. 2003. pp. 104, 111. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. Dasgupta, Shashibhusan (1995). Obscure Religious Cults, Firma KLM, Calcutta, ISBN 81-7102-020-8, p.384ff, 385
  7. Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Volume One. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 599–. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
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