HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Kshatriya
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Vaisya
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Brahmin
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Pariah (Untouchable)
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Detailed explanation-1: -untouchable, also called Dalit, officially Scheduled Caste, formerly Harijan, in traditional Indian society, the former name for any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and any person outside the caste system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditionally, Brahmins are accorded the highest ritual status of the four social classes.
Detailed explanation-3: -A hierarchical system wherein generally the Brahmins were at the head of the hierarchy, but this hierarchy was disputed in some cases. In various linguistic areas, hundreds of castes had a gradation generally acknowledged by everyone.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation. At the top of the hierarchy were the Brahmins who were mainly teachers and intellectuals and are believed to have come from Brahma’s head. Then came the Kshatriyas, or the warriors and rulers, supposedly from his arms.