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Historian Audrey Truschke, who specializes in South Asian History, in her book Truschke, A. (2025). India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent. United States: Princeton University Press, terms the Bhumihars as Brahmins. | Historian Audrey Truschke, who specializes in South Asian History, in her book Truschke, A. (2025). India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent. United States: Princeton University Press, terms the Bhumihars as Brahmins. | ||
She writes in the page no. 320 of her book<blockquote></blockquote> | She writes in the page no. 320 of her book<blockquote>new sources, and revivalist building projects. | ||
In the early to mid-eighteenth century, new rulers emerged in Bena-res. Regionally, it became part of Awadh, whose Nawabs broke away from the Mughals in the 1720s. Locally, the '''Brahmin Bhumihar''' family seized control in the 1730s, becoming Benares zamindars.</blockquote> | |||