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Do you have a reputable source for that?

According to Davidski, its debatable that Gujarati_A are Brahmins even if they genetically resemble other Brahmin groups. I would hold off from postulating more.

I presume he was attempting to make the (fallacious) excuse that they are, since Gujarati_A feature in some Pashtuns oracles.

Davidski said otherwise-

"I've been told a couple of times that GujaratiA are upper caste Gujaratis. No idea if that's true, but they're very similar to upper caste Brahmin Tiwaris from east...

I wonder how much of their "progressiveness" has to do with them being Ismaili though, since even in India and Pakistan (and East African diaspora), Ismailis are less radical and definitely more...