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Originally Posted by ArabianKnight
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.
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That's interesting.
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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.
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Not that interesting. Nearly every other nomadic people in the world has come to believe that at one point or another. And also a number of Protestant-derived sects and beliefs.
In Spain they are called
Gitanos as a corruption of
Egipcianos, as they were believed to come from Egypt. Apparently they arrived in Spain via North Africa, unlike Gypsies in Central and Eastern Europe.
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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.
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I haven't noticed this. But their society is impermeable enough to not let outsiders know more than they should.
What they show clearly is a very strong clan-like society.
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