Suta is the name of a class of people mentione in the epic Mahabharata. Sutas were the children of two parents of different castes. They were one of the castes that sprang from inter-mixing of the four castes of ancient India, by way of the Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaisya and a Sudra. The foster-parents of Karna, a great hero of Kurukshetra War, were Sutas. Hence Karna too was considered as a Suta. Kichaka the commander of Matsya army was a Suta.