Hi, Here is some intresting information about our origin.....

Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) Members of this community are mostly found in
certain parts of Maharashtra in India. They are said to be one of the designated "brave
helpers of Maharashtra" as proclaimed by Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire in
his "Mala Ek Swapna Ahe" speech[citation needed]. The CKP community is found
mainly in old Kolaba District (now Raigad and Ratnagiri) and in Mumbai and Thane.
The roots of this community lie in Kashmir wherein their current location is a result of
downfall of various kingdoms which were ruled or were resided in by the community's
families (7th-8th Century A.D.)[citation needed] The last known migration was in 1305
A.D. wherein 42 families finally arrived in Maharashtra.
Common CKP last names are Thakre (Thackeray), Chitre,Bendre, Gadkari,
Karnik,Karkhanis,Khale, Deshmukh,Chitnis,Kulkarni,Sule, Dighe { Kuldaiwat : Janani
Devi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kedar_Janani.pdf }, Pradhan, Gupte, Tamhane,
Likhite, Raje, Bhise, Mokashi, Deshpande,Palkar, Tipnis, Nachane, Ranadive,
Gupte,Vaidya, Donde, Patankar.
In actuality there are only 42 original last names that can be linked to the community
which derive from the last surviving families that migrated to Maharashtra in 1305 A.D.
The remaining surnames are derived from the 42 original last names and there is a
possibility that there may have been other original last names but were lost as the families
died.
The word 'Chandraseniya' by some historians is ascribed to the original home of the
community in the valley of Chenab in Kashmir a river also known as Chandra in
Sanskrit. It is said that the word 'seniya' is corruption of Sanskrit 'shreni' meaning a group
of people. Thus the term chandraseniya literally means the people of chandra or
chenab.[citation needed]

Satyajit
Apr 21
Descendants of King Chandrasen, his son Kayastha and Kayastha's son Somraj ruled
Kashmir & most of central India. Chandrasen, son of great King Sahastrararjun, was
killed by Parshuram (The great warrior, in order to fulfill his wish to kill every Kshtriya
on earth). Chandrasen's pregnant wife Ganga / Kamala took asylum with Dalabhya
mooni. Parshuram demanded mooni to hand over Ganga, but the mooni very wisely
asked him to spare this pregnant women. Parshuram agreed to Mooni's request and
blessed her that the child born from her ' KAYA " would be called KAYASTHA.
Parshuram said as his father's kingdom has been destroyed; he and his ascendant would
live with the help of sword and ink (Asijivi/Masijivi). This is a mythological story but all
agree in saying that it means the descendents of the king Chandrasen who was the
Kshatriya (warrior by profession) king, the son of Sahastrararjun of the Haiyaya family.
Another point is tribes of kaya province are Kayastha. The province kaya means
Ayodhaya. According to Mr. H.S.Wilson (1819) Kayastha means the Supreme Being, the
writer caste born of Kshatriya father and Shudra mother.
In the 7th and 8th century, Kayasthas were in Kashmir and later they shifted from
Kashmir to northern India and madhya bharat. The word Prabhu means supreme or
powerful. As we read the Origin of CKP's is from Kashmir and North India. The
Pandavas , Kauravas, Gupt Vansh are all Chandravanshis. Sometime during the advent of
Budhism, the last CKP kingdom was lost and the community moved to Mandugadh
where they held important positions in the court of the Parmars.After Mandugadh fell to
Allaudin Khilji, the Prabhus fled from Mandu. They went into Gujarat and they via sea
landed in the Konkan strip where they made their homes. Totally 42 families came to
Maharashtra in 1305. In Maharashtra they were successful but faced lot problems from
Brahmin Community, especially the Kokanastha Brahmins. Between 1400 and 1900
Brahmin's layed Gramanyas i.e. Boycott on them.