HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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priests
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farmers, laborers, servants
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landowners, bankers, and merchants
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rulers and warriors
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who Were the Shudras? is a history book published by Indian social reformer and polymath B. R. Ambedkar in 1946. The book discusses the origin of the Shudra Varna. Ambedkar dedicated the book to Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890).
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a Hindu of a lower caste traditionally assigned to menial occupations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brahmins: Vedic scholars, priests or teachers. Kshatriyas: Rulers, administrators or warriors. Vaishyas: Agriculturalists, farmers or merchants. Shudras: Artisans, laborers or servants.
Detailed explanation-5: -1) The Shudras were one of the Aryan communities of the solar race. 2) There was a time when the Aryan society recognized only three varnas: Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas. 3) The Shudras did not form a separate varna. They were part of the Kshatriya varna in the Indo-Aryan society.