[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s4.29 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.29 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.29 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.29) The dislike of the Magadhas, which may be Rigvedic, since the Kīkaṭas were perhaps the prototype of the Magadhas, was in all probability due, as Oldenberg¹³ thinks, to the fact that the Magadhas were not really Brahminized. This is entirely in accord with the evidence of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa¹⁴ that neither Kosala nor Videha were fully Brahminized at an early date, much less Magadha. Weber¹⁵ suggests two other grounds that may have influenced the position—the persistence of aboriginal blood and the growth of Buddhism. The latter consideration is hardly applicable to the Yajurveda or the Atharvaveda; but the imperfect Brahminization of the land, if substituted for it in accordance with Oldenberg’s suggestion, would have some force. The former motive, despite Oldenberg’s doubt, seems fully justified. Pargiter¹⁶ has gone so far as to suggest that in Magadha the Āryans met and mingled with a body of invaders from the east by sea. Though there is no evidence for this view in the Vedic texts, it is reasonable to suppose that the farther east the Āryans penetrated, the less did they impress themselves upon the aborigines. Modern ethnology confirms this \*a priori\* supposition in so far as it shows Āryan types growing less and less marked as the eastern part of India is reached, although such evidence is not decisive in view of the great intermixture of peoples in India. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.28) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.30) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.29) · Pramāṇa