Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A boyar, also spelled boya, meaning Hunter or Warrior, denotes the leader of a group or head of a territory. Boya is called a Boyar in Tamil Nadu. They constitute the Kshatriya or Warrior class of India and are believed to have originated from an ancient people called the Kirata, a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who lived in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and North-East India.
