HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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What was the caste system?
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a rigid social hierarchy
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a method of irrigation
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how the leaders were chosen
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the set of laws that Ancient Indians followed
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The term “caste” refers to a strict hierarchical social system that is often based on the notions of purity and pollution, in which individuals placed at the bottom of the system may face exclusion and discrimination in a wide range of areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian caste system is a complex social structure wherein social roles like one’s profession became ‘hereditary, ‘ resulting in restricted social mobility and fixed status hierarchies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The varna system had become rigid during the Later Vedic Period.
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