Megh Manavta as a Royal Tribe

To unite ST with the mainstream of Taka Kshatriyas or Megh, the name which was consolidated for these taka people before Buddha. Takas were nag people and worshipers of Bagwati as evidenced by Malawa Singh of Rewa. Taka Kshatriyas who migrated resettle in Chota Nagpur, Mayurbanj, Singhbhum, Ganjam, and Balasour.

The people from Raja Durga Prasad Singh Dev kingdom of Vishnupur who were taka kings of the Rajak branch of the Megh or Taka and had nine Raj-mahals as mentioned above, it will be a great task if all are sewn on one fabric. The people of the Megh Manavta (the new name of the product from Meghs)) has gone as far as Meghalaya and established its own territory.

Most of the kings or ruling families reduced poor or low or baptized-graded Hindus. Caste upgradation or downgrading was the biggest industry that started after the burning of Buddhist towns, evacuating and resettling these towns as Jajmani pilgrimage centers.

Non-Brahmin could attain the Brahmin-hood by taking pilgrimages and paying the Jajmani fee. (Social roots of religion in Ancient India; page-65; R N Nandi: Matsya Purana, Ch. 273, v.52; Vayu Purana ch.91, v.105).