Tribes in Ancient India c50.286

c50.286

The Brahmins who lived in Rājagṛha and around it were mostly of the Bhāradvāja-gotra. Some of them were agnihotris, some upholders of the cult of purity by birth, morals and penance. They were generally opposed to the conversion of any of their number to the Buddhist and other such non-Brahmanical faiths.³ In the Buddha's time, Rājagṛha was surrounded by many Brahmin villages or settlements.⁴