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According to texts, In the 11th century CE, after the decline of the [[Pala Empire|Pala dynasty]], a Hindu king, Adi Sura, brought in five Brahmins and their five attendants from [[Kannauj]], his purpose being to provide education for the Brahmins already in the area, whom he thought to be ignorant, and to revive traditional orthodox Brahminical Hinduism.<ref name=NKSenguptap25>{{cite book |last=Sengupta|first=Nitish K. |title=History of the Bengali-Speaking People |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |year=2001 |isbn=81-7476-355-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eYsAAAAMAAJ |page=25}}</ref> Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.<ref name=NKSenguptap25 /> The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.<ref name="Bromley">{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |pages=35–36 |accessdate=31 October 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
According to texts, In the 11th century CE, after the decline of the [[Pala Empire|Pala dynasty]], a Hindu king, Adi Sura, brought in five Brahmins and their five attendants from [[Kannauj]], his purpose being to provide education for the Brahmins already in the area, whom he thought to be ignorant, and to revive traditional orthodox Brahminical Hinduism.<ref name=NKSenguptap25>{{cite book |last=Sengupta|first=Nitish K. |title=History of the Bengali-Speaking People |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |year=2001 |isbn=81-7476-355-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eYsAAAAMAAJ |page=25}}</ref> Kulajis also suggests, these Brahmins were given a higher rank in social status from the local Brahmins.<ref name=":022">{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2009 |title=The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1960/chapter-abstract/141771671?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date= |website= |publisher=Oxford Scholarship Online |pages=63–65 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003 |isbn=9780195698800}}</ref><ref name=":122">{{Cite journal |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2005 |title=The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/110/5/1454/75969 |journal=The American Historical Review |pages=1456–1457 |doi=10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.<ref name=NKSenguptap25 /> The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.<ref name="Bromley">{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |pages=35–36 |accessdate=31 October 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Chatterjee]]s, [[Banerjee]]s, [[Ganguly (surname)|Gangulys]] and [[Bhattacharjee]]s, were each designated as ''Kulina'' ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.<ref name="Bromley"/> |
The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Chatterjee]]s, [[Banerjee]]s, [[Ganguly (surname)|Gangulys]] and [[Bhattacharjee]]s, were each designated as ''Kulina'' ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.<ref name="Bromley"/> |
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Kulin Brahmins are the Bengali Brahmins belonging to Hindu religion. They trace their ancestry to five families of Kannauj who migrated to Bengal.
History
According to texts, In the 11th century CE, after the decline of the Pala dynasty, a Hindu king, Adi Sura, brought in five Brahmins and their five attendants from Kannauj, his purpose being to provide education for the Brahmins already in the area, whom he thought to be ignorant, and to revive traditional orthodox Brahminical Hinduism.[1] Kulajis also suggests, these Brahmins were given a higher rank in social status from the local Brahmins.[2][3] Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.[1] The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.[4]
The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as Mukherjees, Chatterjees, Banerjees, Gangulys and Bhattacharjees, were each designated as Kulina ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
- ^ Chatterjee, Kumkum (2009). "The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal". Oxford Scholarship Online. pp. 63–65. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003. ISBN 9780195698800.
- ^ Chatterjee, Kumkum (2005). "The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5". The American Historical Review: 1456–1457. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454.
- ^ a b Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
Further reading
- Chaudhuri, Hemotpaul (5 June 2022). Journey Of The Dutta - Kannauj to Bengal.