- Caste system in India - Wikipedia
Susan Bayly, an anthropologist, notes that "caste is not and never has been a fixed fact of Indian life" and the caste system as we know it today, as a "ritualised scheme of social stratification," developed in two stages during the post-Mughal period, in 18th and early 19th century
- India - Caste System, Social Hierarchy, Diversity | Britannica
In South Asia the caste system has been a dominating aspect of social organization for thousands of years A caste, generally designated by the term jati (“birth”), refers to a strictly regulated social community into which one is born
- Caste System: Meaning, Impact, and Contemporary Perspectives
A caste system is a strict social stratification that often depends on discriminatory conceptions of purity or contamination that are passed on through family lines
- What is Indias caste system? - BBC News
The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation At
- Understanding the Caste System: Structure and Origins
The caste system in India is a hierarchical social structure based on birth It includes various endogamous groups with specific social and occupational roles The system is rooted in ancient Indian society, with references in the Rig-Veda
- The Caste System [ushistory. org]
Proponents of this theory attribute all aspects of one's lifestyle — social status, occupation, and even diet — to these inherent qualities and thus use them to explain the foundation of the caste system
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