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Caste or no caste, creed or no creed, any man, or class, or caste, or nation, or institution that bars the power of free thought and bars action of an individual is devilish, and must go down. Liberty of thought and action, asserted Vivekananda, is the only condition of life, of growth and of well-being.
Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [5] John Nesfield, H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the central point in the mechanism of the caste system. Senart's "idea of pollution" is a characteristic of caste in so far as caste has a religious flavour.
Parivrajaka Dynasty ruled parts of central India during the 5th and 6th centuries. The kings of this dynasty bore the title Maharaja, and probably ruled as feudatories of the Gupta Empire. The royal family came from a lineage of Brahmins of Bharadwaj Gotra. [10] Patwardhan Dynasty was an Indian dynasty established by the Chitpavan Brahmin ...
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The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... notable people who belong to the Hindu Brahmin caste. ... and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. [116] [full citation ...
On the other hand, their influence in the court meant that they could wield enough political clout to effect settlements in favor of their caste.". The late Indian professor of sociology, Govind Sadashiv Ghurye commented on the strictness of the caste system during the Peshwa rule in Maharashtra by noting that even advanced caste such as the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Brahmin communities of India (17 C, ... Pages in category "Brahmin communities" The following 38 pages are ...