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Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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Brahmins of the Kurupancila - A History of the Brahmins
Brahmin families who specialize in one particular group of vedi te calld themselves the white or shukla yajur wedans. These brahmins were usually settled around the easternmost extent of the janapa, deep in the gangettic plains. Brahmin families who competed for royal largess ended up facilitating the concentration of royal power and developed very advanced metaphysical ideas.
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