[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c32.31 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.31 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c32.31 - **Language:** English ### [c32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32.31) ‘Here then we have an instance of a Brahmakshatrī caste, the people of which say that they were originally Nāgar Brāhmaṇas. This clearly explains how the Guhilots, who were also originally Nāgar Brāhmaṇas, became Brahmakshatrīs or Khatrīs, and also strengthens my theory that the various castes of the Brahmakshatrīs were originally the Brāhmaṇa classes of foreign tribes, which after the process of fusion had set in, but before it was complete, exchanged their priestly for martial pursuits.’¹ - [Previous: c32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32.30) - [Next: c32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32.32) - [Up: c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c32.31) · Pramāṇa