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century, to malign the Babhans/Bhumihars, and others speculative, misguided, and half baked | century, to malign the Babhans/Bhumihars, and others speculative, misguided, and half baked | ||
originating from some British writers, the true story is far off from both. | originating from some British writers, the true story is far off from both. | ||
== What's the Origin of Bhumihars ? == | == What's the Origin of Bhumihars ? == | ||
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Babhans are thus former Brahmins who adopted Buddhism and subsequently reintegrated into | Babhans are thus former Brahmins who adopted Buddhism and subsequently reintegrated into | ||
Hinduism with a relegated status, still similar to Brahmins, although without the sacredness | Hinduism with a relegated status, still similar to Brahmins, although without the sacredness | ||
attached to it but higher than Rajpoots.<ref name="census1911">[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1911/6C1RAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA373&printsec=frontcover&dq=superior%20to ''Census of India, 1911'', Volume I: India, Part I – Report]. Census of India | attached to it but higher than Rajpoots.<ref name="census1911">[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1911/6C1RAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA373&printsec=frontcover&dq=superior%20to ''Census of India, 1911'', Volume I: India, Part I – Report]. Census of India</ref><ref name="census1901vol6">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55930/page/n393/mode/2up ''Census of India, 1901'', Volume VI: Lower Provinces of Bengal and Their Feudatories]. Census of India</ref> During this | ||
religious transition, they '''drifted away from the Brahminical order and became a | religious transition, they '''drifted away from the Brahminical order and became a | ||
completely | completely | ||
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We will discuss the evidence supporting this in the next section | We will discuss the evidence supporting this in the next section | ||
== Historical Testimony of Conversions == | == Historical Testimony of Conversions == | ||
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[[File:Origin1.png|thumb|500px|center|Buddhist conversion of Bhumihars]] | [[File:Origin1.png|thumb|500px|center|Buddhist conversion of Bhumihars]] | ||
== Origins according to report of The Asiatic Society, Ministry of Culture, GOI == | == Origins according to report of The Asiatic Society, Ministry of Culture, GOI == | ||
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monasteries. The centre of their population, Magadha, and their other settlements coincide | monasteries. The centre of their population, Magadha, and their other settlements coincide | ||
with the regions where Buddhism was strongest and persisted for the longest time according | with the regions where Buddhism was strongest and persisted for the longest time according | ||
to British era historian and Sanskrit linguist Haraprasad Shastri Bhattacharya.<ref name="hariprasad">[https://archive.org/details/babhan_hari_prasad_sastri_journal_of_asiatic_society_of_bengal/page/n78/mode/1up?q=%22favours+the+theory+of+their+Buddhistic+origin%22 "Babhan"]. ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal''. Hari Prasad Sastri. Early 20th century.</ref><ref name="census1901report">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55930/page/n393/mode/1up?q=%22as+referring+to+their+having+seized%22 ''Census of India, 1901'', Volume VI: Lower Provinces of Bengal and Their Feudatories, Part I: Report]. Census of India. 1901.</ref><ref name="magadhreport">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206879/page/n54/mode/1up?q=%22covered+by+the+ancient+kingdom+of+Magadha%22 Report on the Magadha Region]. Government of India. Early 20th century.</ref> | to British era historian and Sanskrit linguist Haraprasad Shastri Bhattacharya.<ref name="hariprasad">[https://archive.org/details/babhan_hari_prasad_sastri_journal_of_asiatic_society_of_bengal/page/n78/mode/1up?q=%22favours+the+theory+of+their+Buddhistic+origin%22 "Babhan"]. Article in the ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal''. Hari Prasad Sastri. Early 20th century.</ref><ref name="census1901report">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55930/page/n393/mode/1up?q=%22as+referring+to+their+having+seized%22 ''Census of India, 1901'', Volume VI: Lower Provinces of Bengal and Their Feudatories, Part I: Report]. Census of India. 1901.</ref><ref name="magadhreport">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206879/page/n54/mode/1up?q=%22covered+by+the+ancient+kingdom+of+Magadha%22 Report on the Magadha Region]. Government of India. Early 20th century.</ref> | ||
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He treated this tale as unsubstantiated legend rather than a historical fact.<ref name="crooke1896">[https://archive.org/details/tribescastesofno0000croo/mode/1up ''The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh'', Volume II]. William Crooke. 1896.</ref> | He treated this tale as unsubstantiated legend rather than a historical fact.<ref name="crooke1896">[https://archive.org/details/tribescastesofno0000croo/mode/1up ''The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh'', Volume II]. William Crooke. 1896.</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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