Doluva.--The Doluvas of Ganjam are, according to the Madras Census Report, 1891, "supposed to be the descendants of the old Rajahs by their concubines, and were employed as soldiers and attendants. The name is said to be derived from the Sanskrit dola, meaning army." The Doluvas claim to be descended from the Puri Rajahs by their concubines, and say that some of them were employed as sirdars and paiks under these Rajahs. They are said to have accompanied a certain Puri Rajah who came south to wage war, and to have settled in Ganjam. They are at the present day mainly engaged in agriculture, though some are traders, bricklayers, cart-drivers, etc. The caste seems to be divided into five sections, named Kondaiyito, Lenka, Rabba, Pottia, and Beharania, of which the first two are numerically the strongest and most widely distributed. Kondaiyito is said to be derived from kondo, an arrow, and to indicate warrior. The Kondaiyitos sometimes style themselves Rajah Doluvas, and claim superiority over the other sections. It is noted, in the Madras Census Report, 1891, that "Oriya Zamindars get wives from this sub-division, but the men of it cannot marry into the Zamindar's families. They wear the sacred thread, and are writers." In former days, the title writer was applied to the junior grade of Civil Servants of the East India Company. It is now used to denote a copying clerk in an office. Various titles occur among members of the caste, e.g., Bissoyi, Biswalo, Dolei, Jenna, Kottiya, Mahanti, Majhi, Nahako, Porida, Ravuto, Samulo, and Sani. The ordinary caste council system, with a hereditary headman, seems to be absent among the Doluvas, and the affairs of the caste are settled by leading members thereof.