This issue of caste hierarchy has been highlighted ... Thus, Punjab’s chatur-varna system evolved quite differently from other parts of India. Brahmins played a minimal role.

Jeremy Edwards / Getty Images Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India ... caste system, people are placed at birth into “varna ...

Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups vying for higher status or colonial favor. This contributed to the ...

The Dharmashastras, among which Manusmriti remains preeminent, clearly distinguishes between Shudras and the twice-born castes ...

BR Ambedkar not only indigenised the concept of human rights but also reinstated human values in a society long dehumanised ...

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