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	== Origin ==		== Origin ==
	According to ''[[Manusmriti\|Manu]]'', a Hindu scripture, the Karans are regarded as ~~bratya (degraded~~) [[Kshatriya]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Mandal \|first=Mahitosh \|date=2022 \|title=Dalit Resistance during the Bengal Renaissance: Five Anti-Caste Thinkers from Colonial Bengal, India \|journal=Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion \|volume=3 \|issue=1 \|pages=11–30 \|doi=10.26812/caste.v3i1.367 \|jstor=48674170 \|s2cid=249027627 \|issn=2639-4928\|doi-access=free }}</ref>{{clarify\|reason=why? if this is important to know at all, so must be the reason for such alleged degraded status for human beings.\|date=September 2025}}		According to ''[[Manusmriti\|Manu]]'', a Hindu scripture, the Karans are regarded as rahmaadSupreme ) [[Kshatriya\|iya]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Mandal \|first=Mahitosh \|date=2022 \|title=Dalit Resistance during the Bengal Renaissance: Five Anti-Caste Thinkers from Colonial Bengal, India \|journal=Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion \|volume=3 \|issue=1 \|pages=11–30 \|doi=10.26812/caste.v3i1.367 \|jstor=48674170 \|s2cid=249027627 \|issn=2639-4928\|doi-access=free }}</ref>{{clarify\|reason=why? if this is important to know at all, so must be the reason for such alleged degraded status for human beings.\|date=September 2025}}

	== Culture and profession ==		== Culture and profession ==

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-The '''Karn Kayastha''' are a community of [[Kayastha]] that inhabit the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] and Gaya regions of Bihar.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&q=kayastha+mithila&pg=PA33 | title=Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective |accessdate=28 January 2017 | pages=33| isbn=9788175330344 | last1=Jha | first1=Makhan | year=1997 }}</ref>
+'''Karan Kayastha''' are a community of [[Kayastha]] that inhabit [[Orissa]]<ref name="Sinha BP">{{cite book|title=Kayastha in making of modern Bihar|last=Sinha|first=BP|publisher=Impression Publisher|year=2003|location=Patna|pages=14–15|language=en}}</ref> and [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]], a region now divided between [[India]] and [[Nepal]].
-They commonly use the surname Karn or Karna, Das, Lal, Sinha and Prasad.<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite book|authors=Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA404|accessdate=4 March 2012|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3|pages=403–404}}</ref>
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The '''Karn Kayastha''' are a community of [[Kayastha]] that inhabit the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] and Gaya regions of Bihar.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0i94Z5C8HMC&q=kayastha+mithila&pg=PA33 | title=Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms: A Study in Civilizational Perspective |accessdate=28 January 2017 | pages=33| isbn=9788175330344 | last1=Jha | first1=Makhan | year=1997 }}</ref>

They commonly use the surname Karn or Karna, Das, Lal, Sinha and Prasad.<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite book|authors=Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA404|accessdate=4 March 2012|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3|pages=403–404}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Hindu surnames]]
[[Category:Kayastha]]
[[Category:Social groups of Bihar]]

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