The Buddhist text of the Mahavamsa calls Chandragupta a section of the Khattya (Kshatriya) clan named Moriya (Maurya). Divyavadana calls Bindusara, son of Chandragupta, an anointed Kshatriya, Kshatriya Murdhabhishikata, and in the same work, king Ashoka, son of Bindusara, is also styled a Kshatriya. The Mahaparinnibhana Sutta of the Buddhist canon states that the Moriyas (Mauryas) belonged to the Kshatriya community of Pippalivana. The Mahavamshatika connects him with the Sakya clan of the Buddha, a clan which also belongs to the race of Aditya i.e. solar race by all the vedas and Hindu puranas. See the page shakya for more details. All the puranas and vedas together proved shakya clan as a branch of ikshwaku vamsha or surya vamsha. All the Buddhist texts shows the genealogy of shakya kings of suryavamsha.
A medieval inscription represents the Maurya clan as belonging to the solar race of Kshatriyas. It is stated that the Maurya line sprang from Suryavansi Mandhatri, son of prince Yuvanashva of the solar race .
he was the father of chandragupta maurya,a kshatriya..
No, it is a Maratha surname (Kshatriya).
Kshatriya
Ashoka surname was maurya
"Maurya" Vanshi
maurya caste decended from shakya. shakya as per puranas, as Ikshvaku. THis will make maurya caste kshatriya. However, it is also included in OBC list
yes it is rajputana
Bhavasar Kshatriya
Agnikula kshatriya
The Buddhist text of the Mahavamsa calls Chandragupta a section of the Khattya (Kshatriya) clan named Moriya (Maurya). Divyavadana calls Bindusara, son of Chandragupta, an anointed Kshatriya, Kshatriya Murdhabhishikata, and in the same work, king Ashoka, son of Bindusara, is also styled a Kshatriya. The Mahaparinnibhana Sutta of the Buddhist canon states that the Moriyas (Mauryas) belonged to the Kshatriya community of Pippalivana. The Mahavamshatika connects him with the Sakya clan of the Buddha, a clan which also belongs to the race of Aditya i.e. solar race by all the vedas and Hindu puranas. See the page shakya for more details. All the puranas and vedas together proved shakya clan as a branch of ikshwaku vamsha or surya vamsha. All the Buddhist texts shows the genealogy of shakya kings of suryavamsha.A medieval inscription represents the Maurya clan as belonging to the solar race of Kshatriyas. It is stated that the Maurya line sprang from Suryavansi Mandhatri, son of prince Yuvanashva of the solar race .
Yes.Sarkar surname belongs to RAJPUT KSHATRIYAS...
chandra vamsam