WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The four broad ranks of the caste system in the Indo-Aryan culture, which included Brahmins (priests and scholars), Kshatriyas (kings, governors and warriors), Vaishyas (cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers and service providers).

Detailed explanation-2: -1) The Shudras were one of the Aryan communities of the solar race. 2) There was a time when the Aryan society recognized only three varnas: Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas. 3) The Shudras did not form a separate varna. They were part of the Kshatriya varna in the Indo-Aryan society.

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: -The Shudras did not form a separate Varna. They ranked as part of the Kshatriya Varna in the Indo-Aryan society. There was a continuous feud between the Shudra kings and the Brahmins in which the Brahmins were subjected to many tyrannies and indignities.

Detailed explanation-5: -Brahmins: Vedic scholars, priests or teachers. Kshatriyas: Rulers, administrators or warriors. Vaishyas: Agriculturalists, farmers or merchants. Shudras: Artisans, laborers or servants.