The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.16

c32.16

I conclude this dissertation by a notice of the origin and rise of the Sena royal family.¹ The ancestors were of southern origin, from the Deccan, and are described both as Karṇāṭa Kshatriyas, and as Brahmakshatras. The meaning of the latter term, misunderstood by Professor Kielhorn, has been elucidated by Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar. His observations, which throw much light on the history of caste, deserve to be quoted textually :—