THE CASTE SYSTEM

THE CASTE SYSTEM

CASTE SYSTEM

• Over many years, India had developed a structure based on a caste.
• A Caste is a fixed social class into which a baby is born.
• A Caste system-a social structure in which social class is inherited from one's parents.
• at birth and does not change over a lifetime.

INDO-ARYAN SYSTEM

• The caste system includes the Indo-Aryan system of four classes the Varnas.
• The Varnas were not originally fixed at birth.
• Next came the Kshatriyas made of warriors guards.
• Then below them was the Vaishyas made of artist and bankers.
• The members of the three highest classes were called "twice-born".

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• This meant that males from these classes could belong to the Vedic religion.
• At the bottom of the classes were the shudras.
• Untouchables:a class of workers below the sudras.
• The higher classes would not see the untouchables with fear of being dirty.
• In modern India, the untouchables were called a Dalits and calling them untouchables was illegal.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE CASTE SYSTEM

CASTE

• Most of these caste were based on people.
• Today there is about 2000 caste in the world.
• Caste rules are also more rigid.

MEMBERS OF CASTE

• They could only marry only members in the same caste.
• A social event could only take place in ones caste.
• They also could not develop talants.

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• But there patterns of lives was fixed.
• However the caste system brought stability to the native.
• It gave people sense to some of the people..
• The system also allowed to kept people to follow their beliefs and skills.

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