List of Brahmin dynasties and states

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Ramnagar Fort home of maharajas of benaras state , built on the banks of Ganges by raja balwant singh

Brahmans occupy the highest ritual position among the four Varnas of Hinduism. Since the Late Vedic period the Brahmins, who were generally classified as priests, mentor, teacher who were also rulers, zamindars, warriors and holders of other highest administrative posts.[1][2][3]

Regiments

Due to their martial abilities,

Brahmans were described as 'the oldest martial community'
,

  1. 1st Brahmans
  2. 3rd Brahmans
  3. Peshwai, Peshwas were Brahmin and were the De facto rulers of Maratha Empire

Dynasties

  1. Aryacakravarti Dynasty which was Ruled By Tamil Brahmins
  2. Baghochia Dynasty was founded By Raja Bir Sen and were the ruling Dynasty of Hathwa Raj and Bans Gaon Estate. The Cadet branch of the Family also Ruled Tamkuhi Raj, Salemgarh Estate, Ledo Gadi, Kiajori estate and Kharna Ghatwali.Bhumihar dynasty
  3. Bhurshut Dynasty was a medieval Hindu Dynasty spread across what is now Howrah and Hooghly districts in the Indian state of West Bengal;which was Ruled By a Royal Brahmin Family
  4. Raja Dahir
  5. Kabul Shahi Dynasty belonged to Bali clan of Mohyal Brahmin
  6. Kadamba Dynasty (345 – 525 CE) was a Dynasty that Ruled Northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district[4]
  7. Kanva Dynasty replaced the Shunga Empire in Magadha and Ruled in the Eastern regions of India[5]
  8. Karnat dynasty
    , Ruled by Bikauwa Brahmins
  9. Maithil Brahmins[6][7]
  10. Pallava king, Mahendravarman to Saivaism.[8][9]
  11. Family
  12. Sena dyansty, Ruled by Brahmakshatriya
  13. Shunga Empire of Magadha was established By Pushyamitra Shunga[12]
  14. Vakataka Dynasty was a Dynasty from the Indian subcontinent that is believed to have extended from the southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the North to the Tungabhadra River in the South as well as from the Arabian Sea in the West to the edges of Chhattisgarh in the East[13]

States and Zamindari estates

Map of Shunga Empire
Brahman Rai Dynasty of Sindh
Kashmiri Brahmins
  1. Deshastha Brahmins
  2. Deshasthas Brahmins
  3. Banaili Estate of Bihar - Ruled By Chaudhary Bahadhur Lineage - (Maithil Brahmins)
  4. Baudh State was a princely state Ruled By a Brahmin Family who adopted as successor a nephew of the Raja of Keonjhar
  5. Bhumihar Brahmins
  6. Bhumihar Brahmins
  7. Bhawal Estate of Bengal - Ruled By Choudhary Lineage - (Shrotriya Brahmin)
  8. Deshasthas Brahmins
  9. Chaube Jagirs were a group of five feudatory princely states of Central India during the period of the British Raj. which were Ruled By different branches of Brahmin Family.
  10. Darbhanga Raj of Mithila, Bihar - Ruled By Maithil Brahmins
  11. Dighapatia Raj of Bengal - Ruled By Roy Lineage - (Varendra Brahmins)
  12. Deshasthas Brahmins
  13. Chitpavan Brahmins
    )
  14. Deshasthas Brahmins
  15. Chitpavans Brahmins
  16. Jhansi State Ruled By Newelkar House of Karhades Brahmins
  17. Chitpavans Brahmins
  18. Chitpavans Brahmins
  19. Muktagacha Raj of Bengal - Ruled By Chowdhary Lineage - (Varendra Brahmins)[1]
  20. Kulin Brahmins
    )
  21. Natore Raj of Bengal - Ruled By Roy Lineage - (Varendra Brahmin)[14]
  22. Deshasthas Brahmins
  23. Deshastha Brahmins
  24. Rajshahi Raj of Bengal - Ruled By Rajshahi Family - (Varendra Brahmins)
  25. Chitpavans Brahmins
  26. Chitpavans Brahmins
  27. Bhumihar Brahmins
  28. Vishalgad Estate of the British Raj - Ruled By Pant Prathinidhi Family - (Deshastha Brahmins
    )
  29. Madhwa Brahmin
    Family.
  30. Tarai baselands of the Himalayas, Family of Chaudhry Lineage - Tyagi Gaur Brahmins

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