Origins
There are also some anecdotes as to how Chaturvedis came to India. One belief is that they were priests in Alexander's army who later decided to settle after his retreat. The pride (and perhaps Ego), urge, strong resolve and fight in some ways could be attributed to such military ties. Some people also find physical features of Chaturvedis (fairer complexion, physical build) more akin to European roots. How ever which is a lot contradictry as there is evidence of chaturvedi wrestlers in Shoorshen's army also helped Shri Krishna getting their kingdom back and defeating Kansa. Their roots are also to be said long back during aryan culture and dissendent of some particular tribe settled in the foot hills of Kashmir and River Indus(Today's Northern Frontier, now in Pakistan), after several invasions and search of food forced them to migrate once again in smaller groups and search for green pastures. Their traditions are different but quite similar to Persians and Romans, as groups from same tribe have been said fleed away towards Europe also. However not much is documented but still history speaks at times.
Some Chaturvedi's also keep other surnames like Mishra, Pathak, and Choubey. Chaturvedi's major population is in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, but have moved to all the states and are present in all the states.
There are very well known Chaturvedis who have registered their presence in all ages. "Birbal" the great person in Akbar's team was a Chaturvedi.
Chaturvedis are considered to be best in leadership roles and it should be highlighted that articulation of words, people management and making environment with own rhythm are some of the well known qualities of Chaturvedis.
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