267:"The Ahom 'divide and rule' policy on satras resulted in the exclusive official patronage to the conformist satras headed by brahmamas. It was under their patronage that those Brahma satras, especially in Majuli Island, received thousands of acres of revenue free land as the grant from the king, and their heads were promoted to the status of being the royal preceptor through the bestowal of all sorts of amenities and honour"(
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Being a radical, Aniruddhadev's ideology of egalitarianism came in direct conflict with the right wing sub-sect ideology of the Bhakti movement and his concern for the lowers strata of society was not supported by members of the conservative class. The building of satras belonging to
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