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Caste Systems

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CASTE SYSTEM

JOHN WITT

CASTE SYSTEM ORDER

  • Priests, teachers, and religious leaders
  • King’s and warriors
  • People who made things
  • Peasants
  • Outcasts or untouchables
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ABOUT THE SYSTEM

  • There were thousands of subgroups
  • You could never leave the caste
  • Could not be around people outside of your caste
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Although many say the system is regressive, it remained strong for thousands of years

In 1950 the Indian government banned discrimination in the basis of caste in order to fix the issue. It failed.

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