Question

what do you mean by the caste based society in respect of the Indian subcontinent

Answer 1

In India,our society is divided on the basis of many systems.One of the is caste system
.In this system our society is divided on higher caste(Brhamans etc) and on lower caste(st and sc)

Answer 2

Indian society was caste based earlier but now it is the part of administration.

Explanation:

• Indian caste system is ethnographic and has come into existence since ancient time.
• It under went many transformations in every period till the British time. Now a day it has become the base of job and educational reservations.
• It has different categorization, as in- jati, varna and caste.
• The caste system saw a new outlook after the Mughal reign and it was dominated by the kings, priests etc.  
• British rulers however, transformed it and made it the instrument of administration and later used it for reservations in job and education.