The caste stratification of the Indian society had its origin in the chaturvarna system. According to this doctrine the Hindu society was divided into four main varnas - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudra
Doctrinally, caste was defined as a system of segregation of people, each with a traditional occupation that was hereditary, closed and exclusionary. In the Hindu system, people were categorized in one or other of the five major ideological schemes: Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaisyas, Shudras and ...
In the feudal Japanese social system, the shogun and the imperial family were above the class system. Nobody was above the Indian caste system, though. In fact, kings and warriors were lumped together in the second caste - the Kshatriyas. India's four castes were actually sub-divided into ...
There is more than 2,000 jati and they fall within four recognized caste groups, or varnas.: Brahmans (priests and the most educated), Kshatriyas (warriors and landowners), Vaishyas (merchants) and Sudras (craftsmen and workers). A fifth, unofficial group, the Panchamas ...
We also attempted to assess the affinities among Brahmins from different regions speaking different languages, and evaluated the hypothesis of large migration of IE people and introduction of the caste system to India with the purpose of elucidating their genetic relation- ship with other Indian and...
Indian social structure followed the caste system, which organized the population into Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. The economic organization was based on agricultural activities. Rice production and irrigation canals were controlled by the government, but the diversity of India’s nat...
They are Puja or worship, The cremation of the dead and The rules and regulations of the caste system. There are four main castes in Hinduism; the Brahmin or priest caste, the kshatriyas or soldiers and governors, the Vaisyas or trades people and farmers, and the sudras or menial ...
the Kshatriya [=kuh-SHA-tree-yuhz] (warrior/noble) class the Vaishya [=VYSH-huhx] (commoner/herdsmen/tradesman) class the Shudra [SHOO-drah] (peasant/servant) class. Nature of the caste system 1) hereditary and mixing across class boundaries was discouraged or banned (i.e. marriage or...
Even before the Upanishads Hinduism, with its caste system was well in place. The Brahmin caste, with its almost exclusive knowledge of the Vedas was the priests and teachers. The Kshatriya were the ruling caste, vaisyas were the farmers and merchants and the sudras the working class. Justifi...
CASTESYSTEM •InIndia,thecastesystemdevelopedandisprevalentsinceancienttimes.•AtthetoprungofthecasteladderinIndiacomestheBrahminswhohavemaintainedthemselvesaspriestsandarbitersregardingreligiousandfinancialproblems.ThencometheKshatriyasortheSoldiersandadministrators.TheyarefollowedbytheVaisyaswhoaretheartistsandcommercia...