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'''Kushwaha''' (sometimes, '''Kushvaha''')<ref name=Pinch1996p91>{{cite book |title=Peasants and monks in British India |first=William R. |last=Pinch |publisher=University of California Press |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-520-20061-6 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uEP-ceGYsnYC |page=91 |accessdate=}}</ref> are a [[people]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. They have [[traditional]]ly been involved in [[agriculture]] (including [[beekeeping]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Harper|first=Malcolm|title=Inclusive Value Chains: A Pathway Out of Poverty|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VODZCM5qblYC&pg=PA182|year=2010|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-4293-89-1|pages=182, 297|accessdate=}}</ref>  The term has been used to [[wikt:refer|refer]] to at least four sub[[castes]]. These are the [[Kachhi (caste)|Kachhis]], [[Kachwaha]]s, [[Koeri]]s and [[Murao]]s. They claim [[descent]] from the [[mythological]] [[Suryavansh]] (Solar) dynasty. This is through [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusha]], who was one of the twin sons of [[Rama]] and [[Sita]]. Previously, they had worshipped [[Shiva]] and [[Shakta]].

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