History Group 5
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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ARYAN'S TRANSFORM INDIA "THE CASTE SYSTEM"
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What did the Aryan's call their enemies?
Due to the numerous differences, both physically and mentally, the sworn enemy of the aryans were called dasas
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What were the Aryan's like?
The Aryan's were not similar to the Dasas at all, they were much taller lighter skin, and they spoke different languages.
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Did they have a writing system?
Unlike other locations at that time, the Aryan's didn't develop a writing system.
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HOW DID THEY COUNT THEIR WEATH?THE ARYANS COUNTED THEIR WEALTH BY THE NUMBER OF CATTLE
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What was the caste system?
Eventually, the Aryan's developed into four groups based on a persons occupation, first being priest, warriors, traders and land owners, and finally the lowest class peasants and traders. These classes became increasingly strict as they made contact with non Aryan's.
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What is varna?
Varna is a color of the skin. And they also used skin color to classify where you were in the caste system.
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What does caste mean?
As time passed, explorers from Portugal discovered these groups and they were later (15th century) dubbed castes.
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What caste membership determined?
Caste membership determined where you could and would work, who you could marry,and who you could eat with.
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What were untouchables?
Tensions between the rigid classes free and as a sequence purity and sanity-ness became a main concern. People who had jobs with messy conditions were outcasted and became the "untouchables".
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