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Why did the caste system became rigid in the Later Vedic Period.

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◽⏩It is said that the caste system in the Rig Vedic times was based on occupations of the people and not on birth. Change of caste was common. ... But in the later Vedic period it became rigid when the Brahmins and the kshatriyas became powerful and the vaishyas were made to pay tributes.⏪◽