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'''Maulika Kayastha''' is a sub [[Caste system in India|caste]] in the [[Hindu]] religion in Bengal. The [[Bengali Kayastha]]s are subdivided into different classes or ranks and also divided in terms of their geographical locations. According to legend, the Bengali Hindu King [[Ballala Sena]] started the ranking system of [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmins]], Kayasthas and [[Baidya|Baidyas]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Kumkum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCwpDwAAQBAJ&dq=baidya+kulinism&pg=PT89|title=The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal|date=2009-02-11|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908801-0|language=en}}</ref> The highest ranked Brahmins and Kayasthas are known as [[Kulin Brahmins]] and [[Kulin Kayastha]]s, respectively, and those Kayasthas not considered to be Kulins are designated Maulikas, Mauliks, Mouliks or Moulikas.<ref name="Inden1976p1">{{cite book|first=Ronald B. |last=Inden|title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA133|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1976|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520025691}}</ref><br />
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