The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s2.23

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Vindhyaśakti was a Brāhman of Viṣṇuvṛddha *gotra*. This was not, however, the first time that Brāhmans had exchanged sacrificial implements for weapons of war. The Śungas, the Kaṇvas, and the Sātavāhanas had done the same a few centuries earlier and the Kadambas were soon to emulate the example of the Vākāṭakas. Whether personal ambition alone was the guiding motive of Vindhyaśakti, or whether he desired to found a purely Hindu state in order to encourage the Vedic or the Brāhmanic faith and practices, we simply do not know.