Question

Describe the origin and establishment of the caste system?
Please answer it in brief!

Answer 1

A caste in the early Vedic period was a division of society based on occupation. There were four castes, brahmins (priests), kshatriyas (warriors), vaishyas (traders) and shudras (labourers). Initially, people could move from one caste to the other depending on the job they chose, but by the Later Vedic Age caste became something permanent a person was born into. Various sub-castes came up within the four main castes.

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