Sunday, 19 March 2017

BBC News -What is India's caste system?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35650616

Indian Social Caste system.

  • Divides Hindus into groups based on work and duty, 3000 yrs old.
  • Split into 4 categories :
  • Brahmins - Teachers and intellectuals.- head
  • Rshatriyas- Worriers and rulers- arms
  • Vaishyas- Traders - thighs 
  • Shudras - Meanial - feet.
  • the untouchables - Dalits- street sweepers.

  • Dose the class system work? 
  • Castes segregation 
  • only marry a person of the same class. 
  • Castes system - 1950- banned discrimination against people from different caste.


-  Sourced - What is India's caste system? -BBC News.

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