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Large-scale land grants to the brahmanas suggest that the brahmana supremacy increased in Gupta times. The Guptas, who probably were originally vaishyas, came to be looked upon as kshatriyas by the brahmanas. The brahmanas presented the Gupta kings as possessing god-like attributes. Image Source: bdb3b8.medialib.glogster.com/thumbnails/719d3c49092cdc71a668ebb443fa90ff45330016c4e9557ff72f041c2be7439c/during-the-gupta-period-also-widened-their-knowledge-on-science-one-of-the-main-achievements-was-the-source.jpg All this helped to legitimize the position of the Gupta princes, who became [...]