Category: History - Other
Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7
Palli or Vanniyan.--Writing concerning this caste the Census Superintendent, 1871, records that "a book has been written by a native to show that the Pallis (Pullies or Vanniar) of the south are descendants of the fire races (Agnikulas) of the Kshatriyas, and that the Tamil Pu...