yajurveda 30.11  / ṛgveda 10.90  could be good places to start? 

All the best,

Patrick McCartney

PhD Candidate
School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia, 0200


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On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:12 PM, rajam <rajam@earthlink.net> wrote:
My naive, honest, and sincere question: Who decided/declared that the brahmins are the “upper caste?” and what was/is the criterion for such designation?

As a brahmin myself, why am I not able to understand/accept such epithet?

Thanks and regards,
rajam




On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:04 PM, rajam <rajam@earthlink.net> wrote:

Yet another cookie-cutter study resulting in a cotton-candy result! sigh.

Regards,
rajam

On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. <H.J.H.Tieken@hum.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:

Here is the link, for those who cannot open the attachment:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/20/1513197113.abstract?sid=304804fd-0979-4e2a-87a7-a73108f3ed23

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