The Murao or Maurya are a Hindu Kshatriya

Kshatriya

*For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya or Kashtriya, meaning warrior, is one of the four varnas in Hinduism...

caste, who are agriculturists, found in the state of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 and Madhya State in India

India

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History and origin

The Murao claim descent from the ancient Maurya dynasty. Murao or Maurya are the same as Koeri, Kushwaha, or Shakya in other parts of UP, Bihar, MP or North India with whom they intermarry.

Present circumstances

The community is mainly involved in the agriculture. While some are high and middle land-holding agricultrists, some families possess marginal land. Many persons of the community have come to hold political, administrative and police positions in recent times by dint of industriousness present in the community.

The Murao do not have a traditional caste, but do have members in the village panchayat.

They are Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 community, and like other north Indian castes, are endogamous, and follow the principle of gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

exogamy.