India ​
Tags
Cegep1
Humanities
Word count
100 words
Reading time
1 minute
Country in South Asia
Named after the Indus river
Society ​
Caste system ​
[!quote]+ Rig Veda 10:11
"When they divided Purusha (cosmic man, primeval giant) how many portions did they make? What do they call his mouth, his arms? What do they call his thighs and his feet?"
Upper castes ​
Brahmin ​
Priests, academics
Kshatriya ​
Warriors, rulers
Vaishya ​
Merchants, farmers
Dalit-Bahujan ​
Shudra ​
Workers, servants
A.k.a. also other backward class (abbr. OBC)
Dalit ​
Historically workers who perform polluting tasks
A.k.a. scheduled castes, pej. untouchables
Ajitani Hifumi