Nagar Brahmins (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The earliest written book dealing with the origin of Nagars is the Skanda Purana containing some 81,000 Slokas, or hymns. With a view to prorogate the Brahmin Dharma as against the Buddh belief various writers wrote the Skanda Purana from 300 to 770 A.D. sponsored by Skanda Gupta and vallabhi emperors. The elite Brahmins, called Nagars were assigned the task of furthering the Brahmin religions. These Nagars were expert interpreters of religion and were working without salary. Mostly they inhabited around Vadnagar or Anandnagar. The kings therefore gave them land for maintenance. These Nagars traveled far and wide and established the shiv belief in Egypt, Babylon, Brazil, Kabul, Indo-china and Cambodia. It is said that after the death of emperor Ashoka (232 B.C.) the Shakas and Yavanas made inclusions.(www.nagar-setu.com)