Brahmin dynasties

Brahmins occupy the highest ritual position among the four varnas of Hinduism. Since the LateVedic period the Brahmins, who were generally classified as priests, were also rulers,zamindars, and holders of other highest administrative posts.

Following is the list of dynasties ruled by Brahmins in the Indian Subcontinent:

• The Shunga Empire of Magadha was established by Pushyamitra Shunga. 
• The Kanva dynasty replaced the Shunga Empire in Magadha and ruled in the Eastern regions of India. 
• Satavahana dynasty was a dynasty of vishvamitra gotra that ruled the Deccan region. 
• Shalankayana dynasty of ancient India ruled a part of Coastal Andhra from 300 to 440 CE. 
• Parivrajaka dynasty ruled parts of central India during the 5th and 6th centuries. The kings of this dynasty bore the title Maharaja, and probably ruled as feudatories of the Gupta Empire. The royal family came from a lineage of Brahmins of Bharadvaja Gotra. 
• Kadamba dynasty (345 – 525 CE) was a dynasty that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district. 
• Pallava dynasty {c.285 -905 CE} was a dynasty of the Bharadvaja gotra that ruled Andhra (Krishna-Guntur) and North and Central Tamil Nadu. 
• The Chalukyas of Badami were an indigenous Brahmin family with Kannada as their mother tongue. 
• The Oinwar dynasty, based in Mithila were Maithil Brahmins. 
• Vakataka dynasty was a dynasty from the Indian subcontinent that is believed to have extended fromthe southern edges of Malwa and Gujarat in the north to the Tungabhadra River in the south as well as from the Arabian Sea in the west to the edges of Chhattisgarh in the east. 
• Varman dynasty was an ancient dynasty in Assam, alongside Davaka. All the rulers of this dynasty were Kamrupi Brahmins. 
• Brahman dynasty of Sindh was founded by Chach of Alor, later ruled by Chandar of Sindh and Raja Dahir. 
• Bhurshut dynasty was a medieval Hindu dynasty spread across what is now Howrah and Hooghly districts in the Indian state of West Bengal;which was ruled by a royal Brahmin family. 
• Kabul Shahi dynasty belonged to Bali clan of Mohyal Brahmin. 
• Aryacakravarti dynasty which was ruled by Tamil Brahmins. 
• Jaffna Kingdom of Sri Lanka;which was ruled by Tamil Brahmins.