Question

Who are the caste based merchant communities in reference to 2 sociology?

Answer 1

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⏩It consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system. Vaidyanathan argues that the caste system had existed at the village level to serve the needs of its people, however It was the method in which the 1881 census was carried out in India by the British Raj which institutionalized the caste system on a much larger and national scale which resulted in being detrimental to Indian society.

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Answer 2

In the Indian caste system, farmers and merchants belonged to the Varna (or caste) called the Vaishyas.