Carolyn Brown Heinz is a cultural anthropologist and emerita professor of Anthropology, California State University, Chico. Her teaching and research areas are South Asia, religion, social organization, culture history, and women’s cultures. Carolyn is the author most recently of Asian Cultural Traditions (Waveland Press, 1999, 2018).
Prior to 1947, the Maithil Brahmans dominated North Bihar culturally, politically, and economically. Darbhanga Raj, the richest zamindari estate in British India, was owned by a family of the elite sub-group of Brahmans, the Srotriyas. The high prestige of this elite was based on a lifestyle prescri...
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