Assamese Brahmin

Assamese Brahmins
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A Brahmin priest performing daily prayers
Regions with significant populations
Assam, India
Languages
Assamese
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Other Brahmin groups:

Assamese Brahmins are the Brahmin community present in the Assamese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well as imparting general vedic knowledge to the public.[4] The Brahmins migrated to Assam from Videha (Mithila), Kannauj, Bengal and many other places.[5]

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  2. ^ "Population by Religious Communities". Census India – 2001. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 1 July 2019. Census Data Finder/C Series/Population by Religious Communities
  3. ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. 2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01 MDDS.XLS
  4. ^ (Dikshit & Dikshit 2013, p. 397)
  5. ^ (Dikshit & Dikshit 2013, p. 390)