Monday, August 27, 2018


Lewis Sydney Steward O’Malley [59]writes that – ‘The Babhans or Bhuinhars are usually land-holders and cultivators and some of them, like the ‘Maharaja of Tekari’ own large estates. They claim to be Brahmins and call themselves Ajachak Brahmins i.e. the Brahmins who do not take alms in contrast to ordinary Brahmins whom they call Jachaks or alms takers.  Like Brahmins, they will not hold the plough but employ laborers for the purpose. Various traditions to their origin are current. Nice
O’malley, L. S. S. (1908). Bengal District Gazetteer: Gaya, p. 92, (Reprint. 2007). New Delhi: Logos.

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