The Udeep tribe of

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represent about 300 families living in northern India. Based solely in the

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of northern India, the Udeep(s) live in two different towns each controlled by a separate clan. The town of Junkow is the home to the Kulkarni clan while the Chhattispur clan manages the town of Aokini. The Udeep represent some of the last vestiges of

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remaining in that region of India and its essence is concern for the welfare of every being in the universe.

History

A people of Dravidian descent, when they emigrated out of southern India away from the rest of the Dravidians is unclear but the migration appears to have happened in the mid 13th century after they sided with the invading

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and were driven out of the Southern Peninsula.

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References

''The Udeep'' by Anita Palmarni ''A History of Jainism in India'' by Dr. Adam Fitzsimmons Ethnic groups in India