“Holeya”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

They were once landlords, who raised many ancient kingdoms in Ancient Deccan India. In Medieval period of India History, they were the warrior classes of fallen Kingdoms, hence were made & treated as, out-caste, commonly an agricultural labor. The term Hola means an agricultural field and term Holeya is derived from Hola.^[1]^[5]

In British India, Holeyas lived in Canara, Coorg Province and Mysore. They were one of the lowest class, a perdial slave, who can be sold by the owner of the estate in which they were located.^[1]^[2]^[6]

Holeya community is one of the oldest community in the subcontinent, which has been showed its presence through the mentions of the community name, in Ashoka's Gavi Mut Inscription of Koppal, and Halmidi Inscription in Halmidi, Hassan. They are said to be the oldest agricultural community of the state.

In medivial history, Holeya were considered to be a sub division of Dher.^[6] Among Dhers there were three principal class of slaves{{Verify source|date=December 2017}} called Holiyas, Yemaru and Paleru.^[1]^[6]

Holeya are also known by name of Pariah in some areas.^[1]^[7] The old Tamil poems and early Christian writing do not mention the word Pariah or Paraiyan but mention the name of a tribe called Eyninas, who were quite distinct from the rest of people and did not live in villages, but in forts of their own. Mr Francis, a historian, regards them as ancestors of present day Pariahas or Holeyas.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³⁴⁵[https://books.google.com/books?id=i2l3ssvO6jMC&pg=PA5504&lpg=PA5504&dq=holiya+caste&source=bl&ots=vy4Ocs1nqC&sig=T9GjdiH3G-4C3BJegchcSWJg57w&hl=en&ei=0q2rTdubMomqrAeE2P2nCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=holiya%20caste&f=false Indian Encyclopaedia, Volume 1] By Subodh Kapoor, Page 5504.
2. ^¹[https://books.google.com/books?id=VRIcAAAAMAAJ&q=holiya+caste&dq=holiya+caste&hl=en&ei=p7arTeLMHY2rrAeUrYSoCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA Encyclopaedia Asiatica, Comprising Indian Subcontinent, Eastern and Southern Asia: O-Rhamneae by Edward Balfour]. Cosmo Publications, 1976
3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?ei=p7arTeLMHY2rrAeUrYSoCA&ct=result&id=xrxHAAAAYAAJ&dq=holiya+caste&q=holiya+#search_anchor Census of India, 1991]: Madhya Pradesh, Issue 2
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Nagendra Kr|title=Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography|date=2006|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|isbn=9788182201682|pages=251|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Xcpa_T-7oVQC&pg=PA251&dq=holeya+dalits&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWw7jBlaXYAhXDP48KHYzUAZoQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=holeya%20dalits&f=false|accessdate=25 December 2017|language=en}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Omvedt|first1=Gail|title=Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India|date=1994|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132119838|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=leuICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63&dq=holeya+dalits&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWw7jBlaXYAhXDP48KHYzUAZoQ6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=holeya%20dalits&f=false|accessdate=25 December 2017|language=en}}
6. ^¹²{{cite book|last1=Balfour|first1=Edward|title=The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures|date=1885|publisher=B. Quartitch|pages=45|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XCE_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=holiya+slave&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivs-vulKXYAhUBpI8KHaI-DDEQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=holiya%20slave&f=false|accessdate=25 December 2017|language=en}}
7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?ei=p7arTeLMHY2rrAeUrYSoCA&ct=result&id=2ucnAAAAYAAJ&dq=holiya+caste&q=holiya+#search_anchor Religion and society, Volume 40. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society], 1993 - Religion