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Originally Posted by Mynydd
I don't know if to say "most" of them is not a bit far fetched. But I would be more inclined to believe that a part of them were of a warrior caste, if judging by their innate agressiveness.
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Yes they seem to be related in particular to the Rajput and Jatt castes. The Jatts and the Rajputs are belived to be of Indo-Scythian decent. The reason they left India is because of the Turkic invasions and especially under the Ghavaznid. The Ghavazind expelled them from India and they began to move Westard toward Europe. They became concentrated in Romania and Spain in particular, but they are found in all parts of the world.
An intersting theory is that the Gypsies might decent from the lost tribes of Israel, but this seems unlikely as they were Kali worshipers and did not have an Judic traditions.
The Gypsies themselves have society of upper-castes and lower-castes, it could be that some of the lower-castes catched up. Though many people don't know about this.