role of Rajpurohits also diminished in statecraft. The taxfree  Jagirs  ensured that education lost its importance. Over centuries Rajpurohits saw transformation from a highly educated  Vedic  community to a primarily  agrarian society . Mediaeval social evils of  Purdah ( Veil ) system,  Dowry  etc. were also inculcated in the Rajpurohit Society.