ESSAY Subject: History of Civilizations Question: 1. Analyze the Indian caste system and compare it to modern social stratification of the society. Discuss and identify similarities and differences. "Birth is not the cause‚ my friend; it is virtues which are the cause of auspiciousness. Even a chandala (lower caste) observing the vow is considered a Brahman by the gods." (Lord Krishna) In period of around 1500 BCE‚ Indo-European civilization called Aryan‚ settled in south-east
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Mcelroy AP World History September 19‚ 2014 Caste System in India from 1000BCE- 500CE When the Aryan’s migrated to the Harrapan society bringing important and useful resources such as horses‚ chariots‚ iron‚ and the Sanskrit language they begin to slowly overpower the Dravidians currently settled there. Since the Aryan’s were the more people they decided they needed a system to help keep social classes in their rightful order. So they created the caste system. Although the development of the 1800 subcastes
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1.5 YOUR OWN IDEAS A. Select just one of the opening lines .use the words to begin your own desert island story. I found myself lying on a sandy‚ palm- fringed beach. It was clear that‚ I was the only survivor of my flight squad. The German anti- aircraft missiles had shot us down. I looked around for any survivors‚ but none were there to be seen. I was alone in the island surrounded by water on all sides. I was devastated because there was no one who could help me. I thought‚ I had lost my mind
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Caste Discriminations in India India is an extreme diverse country with vast differences in geography‚ climate‚ cultures‚ languages and ethnicity across its expanse. India is a union of twenty-eight states and seven union territories. India is also well known from its caste system. In order for me to fully understand the concept of the word caste‚ in my Webster dictionary it states that caste is a social group or class distinction. The word caste derives from the Portuguese casta‚ meaning breed
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Chalam‚ K.S. 2007. Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India. Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.‚ New Delhi. The present book by K.S. Chalam attempts to bring together some of the empirical data to present the factual position of caste-based reservations in India. It throws light on the almost two centuries old policy to find out its utility or uselessness for contemporary society. K. S. Chalam’s present book is an attempt to recollect the arguments for reservations‚ remove some of
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core of indian culture‚ the caste system. Instead they supported it and upheld it. The caste system was one of the biggest religious and cultural practices of the Indians‚ which was predominantly Hindu. The caste system is based on the fact that the caste or social class in society that one is born to‚ is based on a
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There is a difference between the three estates and the caste system of India. The first estate was the Church‚ the second estate were the nobles or nights‚ and the third estate was the peasantry. There are many differences between these three estates. The Indian caste system has been in use for many years. The caste system has order and peace among the people in India. There is a comparison between the caste sytem of India and the three estates. The first estate represented about two percent
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INTER CASTE RELATIONS *Ms. Shailja Saxena **Abhishek Kumar According to Oxford dictionary‚ Caste means “any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are perceived as socially distinct “or” each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society
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came in the 19th century‚ when the leaders of deprived castes espoused both revolt against the ideas of high-caste Hindus led by the Brahmins and belief in the modernity which had led to democratisation in Europe and the United States. Democracy is essentially a practice of alliance building. Jyoti Ba Phule forged a grand alliance of farmers and marginalised and deprived communities. He considered that India was being led by minority high-caste Hindus. Dr Ambedkar‚ who was educated in the United States
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Castes are mainly found in India‚ some anthropologists might even argue that castes are strictly confined to India. A caste is essentially a system of dividing society into hereditary divisions. Most western observers see there being two parts; varna and jati. Varna is the belief that society is divided into priests‚ warriors‚ farmers‚ and merchants. The second term‚ jati‚ refers to local endogamous groups. Class‚ on the other hand‚ is a system of hierarchically arranged social groups based on economic
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