The Mahabharata and Puranas record repeated annihilation between Brahmins and Kshatriyas.
Evidence
How many times have the Brahmins annihilated the seed of the Kshatriyas! How many times have the Kshatriyas annihilated the Brahmins! The Mahabharata and the Puranas are full of incidents of the strife between the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas. They even quarrelled over such petty questions as to who should salute first, as to who should give way first, the Brahmins or the Kshatriyas, when the two met in the street. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 930
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Brahmin sub-castes competed through rival myth-making to assert internal superiority. (similarity 0.86)
- The varna system repeatedly collapsed into Brahmin-Kshatriya annihilation conflicts (similarity 0.85)
- Even Hindu epics furnished evidence against Brahmin claims to pure blood (similarity 0.83)
- Epigraphic evidence from Hindu texts disproves Brahmin claims of pure blood origin. (similarity 0.83)
- The Sahyadrikhand retroactively invented genealogies to slot Brahmins into caste hierarchy. (similarity 0.79)
- A Sanskrit text attacked Brahmin origins, and the Peshwas ordered its destruction. (similarity 0.79)
- Brahmins will never lead a movement that dissolves their own caste power (similarity 0.79)
- Brahmins contested Kayasthas’ claimed twice-born status and scribal rights (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Chitpavan Brahmins trace their origin to a Parashurama purification myth.
#corroborates(0.55) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1081