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Bookmark or Share- Hinduism - Caste System, Dharma, Varna | BritannicaCastes. The origin of the caste system is not known with certainty. Hindus maintain that the proliferation of the castes (jatis, literally “births”) was the result of intermarriage (which is prohibited in Hindu works on dharma), which led to the subdivision of the four classes, or varnas.
- America's 'Caste' System: Isabel Wilkerson Says It's More ...Terry Gross. 38-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. In her new book, Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson examines the laws and practices that created what she...
- Caste system in India - WikipediaCaste system in India. This article is about socio-political stratification in Indian society. For socio-religious Hindu stratification, see Varna (Hinduism). "Castes in India" redirects here. For the book, see Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development.
- India - Caste System, Social Hierarchy, Diversity | BritannicaCaste of India. In South Asia the caste system has been a dominating aspect of social organization for thousands of years. A caste, generally designated by the term jati (“birth”), refers to a strictly regulated social community into which one is born.
- Caste - WikipediaThe caste system, a relic of feudalistic economic systems, emphasizes differences between socio-economic classes that are obviated by openly free market capitalistic economic systems, which reward individual initiative, enterprise, merit, and thrift, thereby creating a path for social mobility.
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