WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The lowest caste are the ____
A
Brahmin
B
Sudra
C
Vaishyas
D
Untouchables
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Shudra, also spelled Sudra, Sanskrit Śūdra, fourth and lowest of the traditional varnas, or social classes, of India, traditionally artisans and labourers. The term does not appear in the earliest Vedic literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Despite Shudras being the lowest caste in the caste system, below them is a social class called the Dalits. Also known as “untouchables, ‘’ these individuals are excluded from the caste system entirely.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four classes were the Brahmins (priestly people), the Kshatriyas (rulers, administrators and warriors; also called Rajanyas), the Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, tradesmen and farmers), and Shudras (labouring classes).

Detailed explanation-4: -Shudras. The Shudras were the lowest class of class hierarchy in the Varna system. They were comprised of Manual labourers, Workers, Slaves and land-less tenants. Shudras were considered untouchables.

Detailed explanation-5: -The majority of Indians are shudra because the grouping includes all our great peasant castes (Yadav, Jat, Patel, Patil, Gowda, Reddy, Kurmi and the lot). And it is the shudra who comprises entirely the Mandal category of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Detailed explanation-6: -Dalits are historically Shudras. They were part of the Harappans who built the pre-Aryan agrarian and urban civilisation by 3000 BCE.

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