generally the brahmins is the highest hindu caste in india.
what is the highest hindu caste in india?
generally the brahmins
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according to the hindu scriptures known as the puranas, the kayasthas were descendants of chitragupta, a hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth. upon their death, chitragupta has the task of deciding heaven or the hell for the humans, depending on their actions on the earth. chitragupta maharaj (chitragupta the king) is the patron deity and forefather of kayasthas, a hindu caste and are scribes, officials, administrators, writers, magistrates, judges. lawyers, chief executive officers and village accountants in ancient south asia. kayasthas celebrate: qalam and dawaat (pen and ink-pot) worship, a ritual in which pens, papers and books were worshipped. this clearly shows that they were clerks and official record keepers of the kings. kayasthas were valued in the second millennia by most kingdoms and princely states as desired citizens or immigrants within south asia. the muslim kingdoms treated the kayasthas more as a community rather than a hindu caste because they developed expertise in persian (the state language in islamic india), learned turkish and arabic, economics, administration and taxation. this gave them an edge over the brahmins (the priestly hindu caste), who traditionally had reserved the study of sanskrit shastras to themselves. they successfully adapted themselves as scribes and functionaries under islamic rule and later on under the british. some historians hold the view that during the reign of the mughals, a number of upper caste hindus who were educated and endowed with sharp intellect attained administrative positions through rapid adaptation to the persian language and culture of the new rulers of south asia. these influential upper caste hindus got together and formed a new caste known as kayastha. their secular viewpoint to life, adaptability and lifestyle was an asset which allowed them to succeed. this close association with muslim rulers led to the conversion of most members of the kayastha community to islam. the muslim kayasthas outnumbered the hindu kayastha even today. the muslim kayasthas have intermarried with the other muslim communities over the centuries and have lost their community consciousness and consider themselves to be part of the urdu speakingand bengali speaking muslims of northern india and eastern india. the muslim kayastha community also adapted to changes, such as the advent of the british raj. they learned english, the more affluent ones sent their children to the united kingdom, they became civil servants, tax officers, junior administrators, teachers, legal helpers and barristers, and rose to the highest positions accessible to natives in british india.
muslim kayasths