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social structure

BRAHMAIN (PRIESTS)

Brahmin

Brahmain is a member of the highest caste. Only some members are priests, other members have held professions as educators, law makers, scholars, doctors, writers, poets, land owners, and politicians. They were very influential in India and discriminated against the other lower castes. They set the standard of social conduct and morality due to their leadership in society.

Kshatriyas

Kshatriyas

The term Kshatriya comes from kshatra which means authority and power. This authority and power is not based on successful leadership, but more on sovereignty over certain territories. Kshatriya is the second caste within the social hierarchy. The two primary roles of the Kshatriya caste were to govern the land and to wage war, which led to professions as rulers and soldiers. The male children in Kshatriya were considered symbols of masculinity whereas the female child needed to be gentle and well behaved.

Vaishyas

Vaishyas

The Vaishyas are third in the Caste System, otherwise known as the common people. The Vaishyas become traders, merchants, landowners, and money-lenders. They became strong economically because of their close relation to commerce. They also helped with the construction of public facilities such as hospitals and temples. Vaishyas played an important part of the society, but were still considered a part of the lower caste.

Shudras

The Shudras are the lowest rank of the Caste System. They are normally artisans and laborers. The Shudras are not as harshly discriminated against as the Untouchables, but they still deal with a lot of discrimination from the upper castes. The Shudras are not permitted the same rights and privileges as the three upper castes. For example, they do not have the same access to temples and they are prohibited from the public facilities that the upper castes commonly use

Shudras

Dalits 'untouchables'

the Untouchables were placed outside the caste framework. They became targets of social discrimination and existed to do the impure (but needed) work in the Aryan society. Their material wealth was of the lowest standard, which led to many ill or crippled people. Some of the occupations that the Untouchables had include hunters, arrow makers, woodworkers, executioner, dead animal disposers, scavengers, and earth workers

Dalits

'Untouchables'

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