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Deshastha Brahmin

The Deshastha Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community of the Deccan plateau, the Desh, in Maharashtra and northern Karnataka. They supplied many of the administrators, accountants and scholars of the Deccan sultanates and the Maratha state, and several Maratha ministerial families, such as the Pant Sachivs of Bhor, were Deshasthas. The saint-poets Eknath and Ramdas belonged to the community.

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Bhor State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Deshastha Brahmin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/deshastha-brahmin
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The Epoch Institute. “Deshastha Brahmin.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/deshastha-brahmin.
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