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DNA

The majority of Males in Brahmin caste belong to of Y-DNA R1a1* Haplogrup,^[1].

interestingly the same Haplogroup R1a1 can be found view in the Romani people too^[2] Rom baro (talk) 11:47, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rom baro, there is a consensus that we do not mention genetics on caste pages.LukeEmily (talk) 19:24, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where is this mentioned?

I've seen plenty of genetics subheadings on different caste/community pages here on Wikipedia. Why is it suddenly a problem for Brahmins? Temporary 1010 (talk) 10:45, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Really? Post some pls. — kashmīrī ^TALK 11:05, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Depends if it's religiously speaking or ethnically speaking their are different views as to what a Brahmin is. 108.39.84.90 (talk) 01:26, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

the sources are too old and not detailed enough! Is anybody out there having actual and detailed SNPs and admixture of Brahmins???HJJHolm (talk) 08:18, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics map of India legend

The colors and % of Brahmins in India can't be well understood from the map. 5.169.70.164 (talk) 07:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism by Timovinga

I want to make people aware of @Timovinga who seems to be targeting numerous topics related to casteism and homosexuality, adding numerous texts that are not NPOV and poorly sourced, and removing texts that don't fit with his views. Arind7 (talk) 11:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the Brahmin article should at least have Brahmin representation in it for sure. 108.39.84.90 (talk) 04:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brahmins as Aryans

I doubt Brahmins even as classified as ethnic groups can simply be called majorly Aryan since we also have dark skinned Brahmins. Proper analysis which isn't selective in sampling must be done. 108.39.84.90 (talk) 04:08, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Poorly written

@Brittlee1990: I reverted your edits [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brahmin&diff=prev&oldid=1205775469 iff] because it is poorly written:

"According to Perception of Vijay Nath"
"some Brahmins sprung into the families"
",like this he even mentions different type of Brahmins of this category."
"According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini (c. 12th century CE) and Sahyadrikhanda of Skandapurana.The Brahmins are broadly classified into two groups."

The division between Gauda and Dravida Brahmins may be relevant, as it pertains to the divide between Aryan and Dravidin cultural spheres, but it needs more explanation; and, the pagenumber on Lochtefeld is incorrect. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:32, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Joshua Jonathan I had doubt regarding this.First three statements were my attempts to give the same meaning as written in JSTOR.The content is basically no way related to me but let me try to give the same meaning. The division part is not regarding arya or Dravida, it is geographical divisions of Brahmins in India. Ref:Pancha gaud and Pancha dravid, the page exists in Wikipedia. Thank you for pointing out.

Brittlee1990 (talk) 07:44, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The division part is not regarding arya or Dravida take a better look. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:59, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Joshua JonathanThis is not related to arya and dravida.This is region named gaud(North of Vindhyas) and Dravida(South of Vindhyas).This is no way related to Arya or Dravid as Maharashtra and Gujarat are also included in Dravida division.Possibly the source explains the best. Brittlee1990 (talk) 11:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19158816/

[2] ttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/51043486_Genetic_Structure_of_the_Paternal_Lineage_of_the_Roma_People

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