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Jagas are being considered as rajasthani brahmin as their works and traditions are similar to the other clans of brahmans.In madhya pradesh they have been considered as a upper caste.{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
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'''Jagas''' are a [[social caste]] based group of people higher up in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] hierarchy who held the traditional job of genealogists of primarily [[Rajput]].
'''Jaga''' is an Indian caste group that held the traditional job of being genealogists of primarily [[Rajput]], [[Gurjar]] and [[Meena]] families mainly in [[Rajasthan]] and surrounding states.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Nirmal |date=July 1971 |title=India: Images of India ''Ed''. Balkrishna G. Gokhale. Popular Prakashan, Bombay. 1971. x, 196p. Rs 30 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/097492847102700334 |journal=India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=266 |doi=10.1177/097492847102700334 |issn=0974-9284|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref>Rajasthan, Volume 1, K. S. Singh, Published by Popular Prakashan, 1998, pp.434</ref> families mainly in [[Rajasthan]], India and surrounding states.They had  power and a matching responsibility for accuracy as<ref name="Elliot1869">{{cite book|author=Sir Henry Miers Elliot|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKZJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA141|access-date=11 June 2011|year=1869|publisher=Trübner & co.|pages=141–}}</ref> their [[testimony]] in legal matters was  tenable in the courts. Jagas visited villages in their charge every two to three years to record the events and collect the customary fees in the form of cattle, elephants (from very rich patrons), grain  and money to which they were entitled.  Jagas have also been described as [[Bhat]]s.<ref name="Elliot1869b">{{cite book|author=Sir Henry Miers Elliot|title=Memoirs on the history, folk-lore, and distribution of the races of the North Western Provinces of India: being an amplified edition of the original supplemental glossary of Indian terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKZJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA42|access-date=11 June 2011|year=1869|publisher=Trübner & co.|pages=17, 42}}</ref>
 
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Jaga is an Indian caste group that held the traditional job of being genealogists of primarily Rajput, Gurjar and Meena families mainly in Rajasthan and surrounding states.[1]

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  1. ↑ Singh, Nirmal (July 1971). "India: Images of India Ed. Balkrishna G. Gokhale. Popular Prakashan, Bombay. 1971. x, 196p. Rs 30". India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs. 27 (3): 266. doi:10.1177/097492847102700334. ISSN 0974-9284.


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