CASTE SYSTEM

• If a Hindu person were asked to explain the nature of the caste system, he or she might start to tell the story of Brahma — the four-headed, four-handed deity worshipped as the creator of the universe.
• What does "Caste" Mean? Even today, most Indian languages use the term "jati" for the system of hereditary social structures in South Asia. When Portuguese travelers to 16th-century India first encountered what appeared to them to be race-based social stratification, they used the Portuguese term "casta" — which means "race" — to describe what they saw. Today, the term "caste" is used to describe stratified societies based on hereditary groups not only in South Asia but throughout the world.

Caste System

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IS THE DOMINANT RELIGION, OR WAY OF LIFE, IN SOUTH ASIA, MOST

CASTE SYSTEM

• A caste system is a class structure that is determined by birth. Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too.
• Caste-based difference have also been practicing in other regions and religions in the indian subcontinent like Nepalese Buddhism,Christanity,Islam,Juddism and Sikhism.

1. WHEN DID HINDUISM BEGAN

• 4000 years ago
• 3000 years ago
• 2000 years ago
• 1000 years ago

2. Where did Hinduism come from

• India
• China
• France
• Little River Academy

Do Hindus believe in reincarnation? Explain