Question

Write a note on the caste system prevalent during the period of
janapadas and mahajanapadas.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

he caste system was prevalent and was gradually hardening into extreme conservatism, but during the period of the Sixteen Mahajanapadas the caste division did not give rise to any class animosity. Although marriage within one's own caste was generally preferred, yet there was no bar to inter-caste marriages