RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Sudras, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, and Brahmins
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Brahma, Siva, Vishnu, and Vedas
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Dharma, karma, reincarnation, and caste system
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -varnas. The four broad ranks of the caste system in the Indo-Aryan culture, which included Brahmins (priests and scholars), Kshatriyas (kings, governors and warriors), Vaishyas (cattle herders, agriculturists, artisans, and merchants), and Shudras (laborers and service providers).
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -All Aryans are not Brahmins and all Brahmins are not Aryans! Caste system did not exist in India before the 2nd Century B.C. Brahmanism was the origin of Caste and started about the 1st Century B.C. and gradually spread through out India over the next 1500 years.