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There are at least two distinct phases when the Bra?hman?as were migrated to different regions of the Indian sub-continent; the first phase goes back to a time period around 8th century BCE marked by an eastward and southward movement. Large-scale migrations during the early mediaeval period coincided with the second phase of the Bra?hman?ic movement as well. What exactly caused the Bra?hman?as to migrate to different parts of the Indian Subcontinent in the early mediaeval period or during ancient times is unknown. Although the arguments we have at our disposal are theoretical, they provide us insight into the possible causes as they are based on a thorough analysis of historical processes. The primary cause of the initial phase of the Brahman?ic migration was presumably the start of the criticism of their sacrificial ritual practices, which grew increasingly radical and were opposed by the time of Buddhism and Jainism. Bra?hman?ic tradition was gradually replaced by these two major religious practices, which then started to dominate the religious domain in the region. This may have been one of the causes because of which the migration process of the Bra?haman?as started to take place during this time. It is abundantly clear from the epigraphic records that the Bra?haman?as began to migrate from the northern region of the Indian sub-continent to its eastern, western, and southern peripheries during the early medieval period.