HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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warriors & kings
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priests & teachers
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unskilled workers or farm workers
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merchants & landowners
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vaishya is the third Varna represented by agriculturalists, traders, money lenders, and those involved in commerce.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first three groups, Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishya, have parallels with other Indo-European societies, while the addition of the Shudras is probably a Brahmanical invention from northern India. The varna system is propounded in revered Hindu religious texts, and understood as idealised human callings.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Vaishyas are the third-lowest caste in the modern-day Indian caste system. They were historically defined as the “engine” of the caste system and traditionally occupy merchant and trader roles in society.
Detailed explanation-4: -dvija, (Sanskrit: “twice-born”) in the Hindu social system, members of the three upper varnas, or social classes-the Brahmans (priests and teachers), Kshatriyas (warriors), and Vaishyas (merchants)-whose sacrament of initiation is regarded as a second or spiritual birth.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Varna system in Dharma-shastras divides society into four varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishya and Shudras).