HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
Question
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Chandala
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Sudra Varna
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Buddhist Bhikshu
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Vaisya Varna
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Detailed explanation-1: -The shudras are the lowest caste in the hierarchy of the caste system. They carried out the job duties of cleaning and sweeping within the homes of the individuals, belonging to upper castes and other public places. These job duties were regarded as impure. The upper castes maintained social distancing from.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kshatriyas: Rulers, administrators or warriors. Vaishyas: Agriculturalists, farmers or merchants. Shudras: Artisans, laborers or servants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shudra, also spelled Sudra, Sanskrit Śūdra, fourth and lowest of the traditional varnas, or social classes, of India, traditionally artisans and labourers. The term does not appear in the earliest Vedic literature.
Detailed explanation-4: -In section 10.43-10.44 Manu gives a list of Kshatriya tribes who, through neglect of the priests and their rites, had fallen to the status of Shudras. These are: Pundrakas, Codas, Dravidas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Sakas, Paradas, Pahlavas, Chinas, Kiratas, Daradas and Khasas.