richard eaton, a professor of history, writes, "anyone could become a warrior regardless of social origins, nor do the "jati" appear as features of people's identity. occupations were fluid." evidence shows, according to eaton, that shudras were part of the nobility, and many "father and sons had different professions, suggesting that social status was earned, not inherited" in the hindu kakatiya population in the deccan region between the 11th and 14th centuries.