BRAHMINS OF INDIA
The Brahmins of India constitue a little less than 5% of the total population but still they became very powerful. Let us take a trip down the much cliched memory lane. The brahmins were originally concentrated along the river Saraswathi in the north west of the country. As the river started drying, they started migrating to other parts of this huge land. Some people settled along the Ganga and some more travelled along to the east to the Brahmaputra basin. Many migrated to the hills to the origin of the river Saraswathi. Many more traveled along the coast to reach the peninsular part of the country. This movement and migration possibly prior to the rule of Rama resulted in their classification into two major parts, viz. pancha gaudas and pancha dravidas. The pancha gaudas are those brahmins who reside north of Narmada river and panch dravidas reside south of the same. The geographical indentation of Vindhya mountains made transition of one set of people ...