GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Was right from the very beginning
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Rigid during Indus Valley period
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Became rigid during Rig Vedic age
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Became rigid during later Vedic age
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the beginning, the class system was not rigid. But in the later Vedic period it became rigid when the Brahmins and the kshatriyas became powerful and the vaishyas were made to pay tributes. The sudras became miserable and began to be treated as untouchables.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution. Shudras were increasingly isolated and persecuted. They were denied the right to study the religious scriptures and were not even allowed to recite the Sanskrit hymns.
Detailed explanation-3: -The system of classification, Varna is a system that existed in the Vedic Society that divided the society into four classes Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Vaishyas (skilled traders, merchants), and Shudras (unskilled workers).
Detailed explanation-4: -Note: Women were allowed more independence and political participation up to a point during the early Vedic era, and the caste system was based on occupation, but in the later Vedic period, women were assigned more docile roles, and the caste system became more rigid and was based on the person’s birth.