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 ...

We cannot talk about Hinduism without caste. When we say caste, we are using a European word. The local words are jati and ...

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

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