He was a baniya. His caste claims to be Kshatriya like eveyother non twice Born here in Kathiyawar.
But they are baniyas in everyway possible. We have a local saying in Gujarati "bajuma pano Saro pan luvano nai" "it's better to have a rock beside you than a Luvano".
I have many luvana friends from Gujarat, they can teach baniyas how to be a good baniya.
Man I thought you were from some original Aryan tribe of Vishwamitra in Himachal or something ....
Tame to Gujju nikalya
Cheers, Doc