sentences:  Most people of this community can trace their lineage back to the 17th century Maratha Empire.However this community is spread across the entire South India from about Masulipatnam in the Northeast of Andhra Pradesh, to Tirunelveli in the South of Tamil Nadu, to Tiruvananthapuram in Kerala to parts of Northern Karnataka.Divided by sects, the only common factor is the dying common language which the current generation is slowly losing to the local languages.