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sacrifice (yajña). Some scholars consider the Purusha Sukta to be a late interpolation into the Rigveda based on the neological character of the composition, as compared to the more archaic style of the Vedic literature. Since not all Indians were fully regulated under the varna in the Vedic society,
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The administrative machinery in the Vedic India was headed by a tribal king called a Rajan whose position may or may not have been hereditary. The king may have been elected in a tribal assembly (called Samiti), which included women. The Rajan protected the tribe and cattle; was assisted by a priest;
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and this gave them legitimation as rulers. In return the newly christened kshatriyas would patronize and reward the Brahmins. The Sanskritic culture of the kshatriyas of this period was heavily influential for later periods and set the style that kshatriyas of later periods appealed to. This process
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operated in the 1960s, Pauline Kolenda noted that the "caste function of the Kshatriya is to lead and protect the village, and with conquest to manage their conquered lands. The Kshatriyas do perform these functions today to the extent possible, by distributing food as payments to
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and implies temporal authority and power which was based less on being a successful leader in battle and more on the tangible power of laying claim to sovereignty over a territory, and symbolising ownership over clan lands. This later gave rise to the idea of kingship.
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Hiuen Tsang , who visited Bhillamala in about 641 A.D. refers to it as the capital of the Gurjara kingdom . According to him the king of this place was a Kshatriya , a profound believer in Buddhism and a man of exceptional
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In the era from 300 to 700 CE, new royal dynasties were bestowed kshatriya status by Brahmins by linking them to the kshatriyas of the epics and Puranas. Dynasties began affiliating themselves with the
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Rajanyas who followed the system of elected rulers. Ram Sharan Sharma details how the central chief was elected by various clan chiefs or lineage chiefs with increasing polarisation between the
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the Purusha Sukta was supposedly composed in order to secure Vedic sanction for the heredity caste scheme. An alternate explanation is that the word 'Shudra' does not occur anywhere else in the
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In the kingdoms of the Mahajanapadas, the king claimed kshatriya status through the Vedic religion. While kings claimed to be kshatriya, some kings came from non-kshatriya origins.
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was a composition of the later Rig-vedic period itself to denote, legitimize and sanctify an oppressive and exploitative class structure that had already come into existence.
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possibly indicates the 'kinsmen of the Rajan' (i.e., kinsmen of the ruler) had emerged as a distinct social group then, such that by the end of the Vedic period, the term
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the order is—Brahmana, Vaishya, Rajanya, Shudra. The order of the Brahmanical tradition—Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra—became fixed from the time of
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denotes power over a specific domain. The term rajanya unlike the word Kshatriya essentially denoted the status within a lineage. Whereas
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Radhakrishna Choudhary (1964). The Vrātyas in Ancient India, Volume 38 of Chowkhamba Sanskrit studies, p. 125. Sanskrit Series Office.
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Hsuan Tsang mentions the existence of kshatriya rulers by stating that the ruler of Kosala was a kshatriya and follower of Buddhism.
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Hiuen – Tsang ( first half of seventh century ) speaks Pulakeshi ( Pu – lo – ki – she ) as the great kshatriya king of Maharashtra.
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Indian History: Ancient and medieval, p. 22. Volume 1 of Indian History, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd, 2003.
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and did not maintain a standing army, though in the later period the rulership appears to have risen as a
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Sīlāditya , the former Raja of Valabhi and Mo - la - p'o , was considered to be a Kshatriya
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rulers were ruling the kingdoms like Kabul, Kosala, Bhillamala, Maharashtra and Vallabhi.
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to legitimate themselves as rulers. During his visit to India in the 7th century,
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After the Mahajanapada period, most of the prominent royal dynasties in northern
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and may not have been used for the priestly class. Based on the authority of
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Omacanda Hāṇḍā. Naga Cults and Traditions in the Western Himalaya, p. 251.
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A number of castes in the modern era began claiming the Kshatriya origin.
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form of government was an oligarchic republic during the period of the
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Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, p. 172
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were considered to be low-status kshatriyas by Brahmin authors.
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Insights and Interventions: Essays in Honour of Uma Chakravarti
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describes the symbolic creation of the four varna-s through
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society wherein members were organised into four classes:
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rarely occurs in the Rig-veda with the exception of the
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Cultural rapprochement between India and Southeast Asia
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The Vedas do not mention kshatriya (or varna) of any
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In the third to fourth centuries CE, kingdoms in the
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Notion Press. 4054: 4048: 4047: 4037: 4028: 4019: 4013: 4007: 4001: 3998: 3977: 3952: 3856:or India fig or 3846:In rituals, the 3591:was replaced by 3458: 3448: 3446: 3426: 3419: 3412: 3396: 3395: 3394: 3356:and Christianity 3326:Pilgrimage sites 3256:Reform movements 3134:Vinayagar Agaval 3085:Five Great Epics 3034:Tamil literature 2933:Sushruta Samhita 2728:Bhavishya Purana 2714:Brahmanda Purana 2665:Bhagavata Purana 2593:Other scriptures 2155:Mahavatar Babaji 1730:Satyakama Jabala 1401:Ganesh Chaturthi 1255:Rites of passage 768:Shraddha (faith) 186:Major traditions 112: 77: 54: 53: 32:Kshatriya (film) 21: 6162: 6161: 6157: 6156: 6155: 6153: 6152: 6151: 6122: 6121: 6120: 6115: 6089: 6038: 5926: 5898: 5865: 5849:Underprivileged 5791: 5750: 5749: 5725: 5655: 5612: 5572: 5554: 5473: 5391: 5351: 5253: 5208: 5107: 5106: 5090: 5069:Social position 5059:Social mobility 4957: 4907: 4878: 4877: 4867: 4837: 4832: 4814: 4775:Gurus and sants 4739: 4734: 4695: 4693:Further reading 4685: 4664: 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Index

Kshatri
Kshatriya (film)

Bhishma
Lunar dynasty
a series
Hinduism

Hindus
History
Hindu synthesis
History
Indus Valley Civilisation
Historical Vedic religion
Dravidian folk religion
Śramaṇa
Tribal religions in India
Itihasa-Purana
Epic-Puranic royal genealogies
Epic-Puranic chronology
Traditions
Shaivism
Shaktism
Smartism
Vaishnavism
List
Deities
Trimurti
Brahma
Vishnu

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