. ▁Bra hm ins , ▁unlike ▁the ▁Va ish ya ▁and ▁Sh ud ra , ▁were ▁free ▁to ▁re loc ate ▁from ▁one ▁province ▁to ▁another ▁and ▁even ▁from ▁one ▁kingdom ▁to ▁another , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁wel com ed ▁with ▁g ifts ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁housing . ▁Special ▁places ▁of ▁learning ▁called ▁bra h made ya ▁were ▁constructed ▁for ▁them . ▁The ▁cas te ▁system ▁was ▁flexible ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁records ▁of ▁inter c aste ▁mar ri ages ▁although ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁common . ▁However , ▁toward ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Ras ht rak uta ▁rule , ▁these ▁inter c aste ▁mar ri ages , ▁especially ▁those ▁involving ▁a ▁Bra h min ▁b ride ▁or ▁gro om , ▁were ▁becoming ▁very ▁rare ▁while ▁the ▁practice ▁remained ▁relatively ▁frequent ▁among ▁other ▁cast es . ▁Bra hm ins ▁were ▁pure ▁veget ari ans ▁and ▁ab st ained ▁from ▁cons uming ▁alco hol ▁of ▁any ▁kind ▁while ▁K sh atri y as ▁indul ged ▁in ▁both . ▁J ain ism ▁had ▁become ▁popular ▁among ▁trad ers ▁and ▁agricult ur ists ▁who ▁popular ized ▁veget arian ism . ▁Inter c aste ▁functions ▁were ▁rare ▁as ▁d ining ▁together ▁between ▁people ▁of ▁various ▁cast es ▁was ▁avoided . ▁▁ ▁J oint ▁families ▁were ▁the ▁norm ▁but ▁legal ▁separ ations ▁between ▁brothers ▁and ▁even ▁father ▁and ▁son ▁have ▁been ▁recorded ▁in ▁ins cri ptions . ▁Women ▁and ▁daughters ▁had ▁rights ▁over ▁property ▁and ▁land , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁ins cri ptions ▁recording ▁the ▁sale ▁of