CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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You are born into a caste and can’t switch to a different one.
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You can freely move to a new caste when you get a new job.
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The social structure is a square with all classes equal.
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A person chooses a job and everyone gets equal pay.
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Detailed explanation-1: -(iii) Although in most societies, occupations are passed on from one generation to another, in India, it is different from other societies as in this system hereditary occupational division was sanctioned by rituals.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to one long-held theory about the origins of South Asia’s caste system, Aryans from central Asia invaded South Asia and introduced the caste system as a means of controlling the local populations. The Aryans defined key roles in society, then assigned groups of people to them.
Detailed explanation-3: -the casteism in India is solely based on the basis of your work or or the background of your family where is it is not the same in other societies because it doesn’t matter what your family does or what work you do you won’t be discriminated on the basis of that. casteism in India is based on descendancy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Caste as a closed social stratification system in which membership is determined by birth and remains fixed for life; castes are also endogamous, meaning marriage is proscribed outside one’s caste, and offspring are automatically members of their parents’ caste.