The Brahmanic group was enlarged by incorporating local subgroups, such as local priests. This also lead to stratification within the Brahmins, with some Brahmins having a lower status than other Brahmins. The use of caste worked better with the new Puranic Hinduism than with the Sramanic sects. The Puranic texts provided extensive genealogies which gave status to the new "kshatriyas". Buddhist myths pictured government as a contract between an elected ruler and the people. And the Buddhist "chakkavatti" "was a distinct concept from the models of conquest held up to the "kshatriyas" and the Rajputs".