SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Information about it can be obtained from the 10th mandala of the Rig Veda. Thus the four-fold Varna started during the Later Vedic period. Brahmins, Kshatriya, and Vaishyas were given the dwija status, while the Shudras were outside the purview of dwija status and were made to serve the upper three Varnas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Brahminical canon says the fourfold varna system is as old as creation. The Rig Veda (10:90) says that the gods created it by sacrificing the primal Purusha. His mouth became the Brahmin, his arms, Kshatriyas, his thighs, Vaishyas, and his feet became Shudras.