WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages and is related to the idea of lineage or kinship group. There are perhaps more than 3000 jatis in India and there is no one all-Indian system of ranking them in order of status.

Detailed explanation-2: -However the institution of marriage within one’s own caste is strongly preferred, women are occasionally allowed to marry men of higher caste, with their children assuming their father’s status. If a Brahmin marries a Brahmin, then the child born will also be a Brahmin.

Detailed explanation-3: -Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution.

Detailed explanation-4: -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).