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Chozhia Vellalar or Sozhia Vellalar (Tamil: சோழிய வேளாளர்) is a sub-caste of the Pillai community from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Chozhia Vellalar caste includes sub-castes of Keeraikarar, Kodikakarar and Vetrilaikarar ==Origin== Chozia Vellalar were the inhabitants of Chola Nadu and were generally landlords & Scholars in the Chola Kingdom. Chozhia Vellalar served as generals in the imperial Chola Army as Velir padai. Being natives to the Chola kingdom and belonging to the same class of landlords and scholars, they are often coupled with the community Muthuraja that co-existed as a different community. A theory derives the word from Vel, to win to control, to take, as well as a lance, an old and archaic Tamil weapon. Supposedly cultivation in South Asia was spread by force, people would move out into virgin land, which was used by hunter gatherer or tribal people for slash and burn agriculture or for hunting and convert into prime agricultural land.〔David Ludden, (''Spectres of Agrarian Territory'' )〕 This was an honorific title of select few people who would organize such raids and settlements like chiefs who were also called as ''Vel'' which spread to all including that of all Ulavar which is Tamil for farmer, the actual Tamil name for cultivators. Today everybody uses it but once it was restricted to village headman or founding chief's lineage〔 Vellalars were originally the cultivators whose name came from the Tamil Word Velaanmai, which means agriculture. The agriculturalists of Chozha Nadu became the Chozia Vellalars, as to agriculturists of Pandiya Nadu were called as Pandiya Vellalars, and those who settled in six different nations are called Aarunattu Vellalar. Vellalars of Chera Nadu later came to be called as Kongu Vellalar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chozhia Vellalar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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