WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The highest Caste is called this:
A
Vaisya
B
Sudra
C
Brahmin
D
Kshatriya
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Brahma n, also spelled Brahmin, Sanskrit Brāhmaṇa (“Possessor of Brahma”), highest ranking of the four varnas, or social classes, in Hindu India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sandilya gotra is the largest gotra in Maithil Brahmins. There are 44 mool (origin) of Sandilya gotra in Maithil Brahmins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aryabhatt, Varahmirih, Kalidas are few of the very famous personalities of this time whose contribution we still remember with pride. They were all Brahmins.

Detailed explanation-4: -These four castes are the Brahmins (priests, teachers), Kshatriyas (rulers, warriors), Vaishyas (landowners, merchants) and Sudras (servants), and the 5th group is the group of the untouchables, called Dalits. One of the Hinduism’s holy books, the Srimad Bhagavatam has a part (7.11.

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