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Title: The caste system of India


1
The caste system of India
  • Janine and Sandra

2
Structure
  • What exactly is a caste system?
  • The caste system of India
  • The different castes
  • Where does it come from?
  • Criticism on the system

3
What exactly is a caste system?
  • Social stratification ? people are ranked into
    groups
  • True caste systems are only found in India
  • The caste is a closed group whose members are
    severly restricted in their choice of occupation
  • Social status is determined by the caste of ones
    birth
  • Marriage outside the caste is prohibited

4
The caste system of India
  • Has been in use for many years
  • Still today the values of the caste system are
    held strongly
  • Has a major role in modern India
  • Gives a sense of order and peace among the people
  • System has worked well

5
The different castes(from highest to lowest)
  1. Brahman ? priests, scholars
  2. Kshatriya ?ruler, warriors, landowner
  3. Vaishya ?merchants
  4. Shudra ? artisans, agriculturalists
  5. Harijan ? actually not part of the caste system,
    outsiders and once known as untouchables

6
Where does the system come frome?
  • Its not 100 proven where this system comes from
    but there are assumptions
  • The Indo-Aryans may have established a caste
    system in which they placed themselves in higher
    classes
  • The caste system was already established by
    tribes and with the arrival of the Indo-Aryans
    those castes just became more well-defined

7
Criticism on the system
  • Some activists think the system is a form of
    racial discrimination
  • Lower castes arent allowed to go to the high
    castes areas
  • Lower castes have to drink water from public
    wells
  • Mustnt visit the same temples as the higher
    castes
  • Often sit in the back of classrooms
  • Many Hindus are persuaded that the system is a
    part of the society and not with Hinduism
    backgrounds
  • Observers think the caste system is a system of
    exploitation of poor lower castes by the higher

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