Refuting Lies About Bhumihars

Regarding the origins and ethnogenesis of the Bhumihars, many unsubstantiated, defamatory and scandalous theories were propagated by their enemies with the intent of slandering them and tarnishing their reputation. This assertion is based not only on the patently silly and unscientific nature of those slanders, but also on the observations of Sir Alexander Cunningham, the founder and first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, who remarked that defamatory stories about the Bhumihars were spread by “their enemies.”

Below are those theories, together with their rebuttals/refutations drawn from the very same books :

“Bhumihars are a mixed race”

Refuting Lies About Bhumihars

“Bhumihars are a mixed race”

“Bhumihars are partly Rajput and partly Brahmin” / “Bhumihars are partly Rajput and partly other castes”

“Bhumihars are of mixed Brahmin–Rajput origin”

“They are degraded Brahmins”

“They are promoted Aryans” / “They were promoted as Brahmins in King Jarasandha’s feat due to shortage of Brahmins”

“They were tribals promoted as sham Brahmins at a feast organised by King Jarasandha”