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Kuruba (also known as Kuruba Gowda, Kuruma and Kurumbar) is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. Traditionally, they were shepherds, militiamen from the hills, armed vassals, or postmen. They practiced sheep/goat and cattle pastoralism, in that they either herded exclusively sheep, or a mixed herd of sheep and goats, or cattle. from the book ' The living races of mankind ' Vol 1 by Henry Neville Hutchinson,, editors John Walter Gregory, and Richard Lydekker, Publisher: London, Hutchinson & co 1901

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Kuruba (also known as Kuruba Gowda, Kuruma and Kurumbar) is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. Traditionally, they were shepherds, militiamen from the hills, armed vassals, or postmen. They practiced sheep/goat and cattle pastoralism, in that they either herded exclusively sheep, or a mixed herd of sheep and goats, or cattle. from the book ' The living races of mankind ' Vol 1 by Henry Neville Hutchinson,, editors John Walter Gregory, and Richard Lydekker, Publisher: London, Hutchinson & co 1901