▁respect ▁they ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁same ▁privileges ▁as ▁royal ▁K sh atri ya ▁sub - cast es . ▁Instead , ▁as ▁an ▁alternate ▁pun ishment ▁their ▁right ▁hand ▁and ▁left ▁foot ▁were ▁sever ed ▁leaving ▁them ▁disabled . ▁The ▁killing ▁of ▁a ▁Bra h min ▁in ▁medieval ▁H indu ▁India ▁was ▁considered ▁as ▁a ▁he in ous ▁crime ▁and ▁this ▁alternate ▁pun ishment ▁served ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁ ▁enfor cement ▁of ▁the ▁law . ▁The ▁only ▁cas te ▁of ▁people ▁considered ▁above ▁the ▁Bra hm ins ▁were ▁the ▁K sh atri y as ▁belonging ▁to ▁royal ▁and ▁noble ▁families . ▁Not ▁all ▁K sh atri y as ▁were ▁considered ▁upper ▁cas te ▁and ▁not ▁all ▁upper ▁cas te ▁people ▁were ▁K sh atri y as . ▁▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century , ▁k ings ▁from ▁all ▁the ▁four ▁cast es ▁had ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁or ▁another ▁occupied ▁the ▁highest ▁seat ▁in ▁the ▁monarch ical ▁system ▁in ▁H indu ▁India . ▁Ad m itting ▁K sh atri y as ▁to ▁V edic ▁schools ▁along ▁with ▁Bra hm ins ▁was ▁common , ▁although ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁Va ish ya ▁and ▁Sh ud ra ▁cast es ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁in ▁these ▁schools . ▁J ains ▁took ▁up ▁mart ial ▁care ers ▁and ▁land own ership ▁by ▁people ▁of ▁all ▁cast es ▁is ▁recorded ▁in ▁ins cri ptions ▁The ▁Sh ud ras ▁had ▁land ▁rights ▁in ▁that ▁any ▁plot ▁of ▁land ▁taken ▁from ▁one ▁by ▁fra ud ▁was ▁restored ▁back ▁to ▁them ▁by ▁the ▁King ▁himself