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Kundu (surname)

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Kundu is a common Bengali Hindu surname found among the Bengali Kayastha, Teli, Tili and some other communities of India and Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

History

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The surname Kundu is found in Bengal among Teli (Oilman) and Bengali Kayasthas.[4][5] Historian Tej Ram Sharma mentions that the surname is "now confined to Kayasthas of Bengal" while referring to the names of Brahmins ending in such Kayastha surnames in the early inscriptions dating back to the Gupta period.[4]

According to GK Ghosh, the surname Kundu or Kunda might have been derived from the bowl of Ghani or Ghana, known as Kundu or Kunda. Some of the surnames among Telis were originated from the raw materials or implements they use.[6]

Notables

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References

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  1. ^ Chanda, Sudhendu (2003). The Border Society: A Study of Network and Linkage. Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Department of Culture. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-85579-58-0.
  2. ^ Ghosh, G. K. (2000). Legends of Origin of the Castes and Tribes of Eastern India. Firma KLM. p. 42. ISBN 978-81-7102-046-1.
  3. ^ Contributions to Indian Sociology. Mouton. 2003. p. 500.
  4. ^ a b Sharma, Tej Ram (1978). Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Empire. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 74, 115.
  5. ^ Inden, Ronald B. (1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. University of California Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-520-02569-1.
  6. ^ Ghosh, G. K. (2000). Legends of Origin of the Castes and Tribes of Eastern India. Firma KLM. p. 42. ISBN 978-81-7102-046-1.

See also

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