HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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It is a system that treats certain people inferior to others
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You cannot be removed from your caste, no matter what you do
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Your children will be in the same caste that you are
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All of the above are true
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the top of the hierarchy were the Brahmins who were mainly teachers and intellectuals and came from Brahma’s head. Kshatriyas, or the warriors and rulers, came from his arms. Vaishyas, or the traders, were created from his thighs. At the bottom were the Shudras, who came from Brahma’s feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to an ancient text known as the Rigveda, the division of Indian society was based on Brahma’s divine manifestation of four groups. Priests and teachers were cast from his mouth, rulers and warriors from his arms, merchants and traders from his thighs, and workers and peasants from his feet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Explanation: The caste system during this period became deep-rooted. The intermixture of varnas and castes, closed nature of different guilds, need of including foreigners in the social structure were some of the reasons why the caste system became rigid.
Detailed explanation-4: -This shows the caste system originated 1, 575 years ago, during the Gupta dynasty, possibly during the reign of Chandragupta the Second or Kumaragupta the First.
Detailed explanation-5: -The caste system in India may have several origins, possibly starting with the well-defined social orders of the Indo-Aryans in the Vedic Period, c. 1750-500 BCE.