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    Laws of Manu and how it has influenced contemporary India Every society has some sort of ranking among its members; however India’s caste system is so elaborate that it causes a rift within its society. This rift has hindered the growth of India. How is something supposed to go forward when the gears are stagnant or is even going backwards? India was home to one of the earliest settlements in human history. For many centuries the ancient Indians and Greeks were progressively claiming each culture

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    and around India’s Mahārāshtra state. The aim of the society is the promulgation of theistic worship and social reform‚ and its early goals were opposition to the caste system‚ the introduction of widow remarriage‚ the encouragement of female education‚ and the abolition of child marriage. the society never required members to give up caste‚ idol worship‚ or the traditional religious sacraments. Early leaders of the movement were M.G. Ranade ‚ who was a prominent social reformer and a judge of the

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    Valmiki Sage‚ Author of Ramayanam The above are same caste The Nayak is honorary and hereditary title of the Boya Caste People in India‚ the word boya spelled in few types‚ those were Boyar‚Boyer‚Bhoya‚Bhoyar‚Bhoi‚Boir and Bhoirs and they alias as Bedar‚ The Bedar means the hunters of mountaineers‚ so the mountaineers of boya people hold the hereditary title of Nayak. Madakari Nayaka or Madakari Nayaka V was the last ruler of Chitradurga‚ India. (Chitaldrug ( ’ Spotted castle‚ ’ or ’Umbrella rock

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    The Indian Caste System first originated in Ancient India and while it has undergone changes throughout different empires‚ it is still present in modern day society. The caste systems were hereditary social classes that had four different Varnas‚ or classifications. The Varna that a person was in depended on their parents and controlled their entire lives. While the Varnas kept order throughout India‚ they also created discrimination and cruelty which is still evident in India today. When the

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    and could not survive independently‚ would you seek a new religion to find peace and equality? Buddhism was a major advantage for India because it made people equal in the caste system compared to Hinduism and Jainism. Within the caste system In India‚ there are five levels of diversity in Hinduism. “The Brahmins were the upper class men who in India refer to the class of educators‚ law makers‚ scholars‚ priests and preachers of Dharma in Hinduism (I.N.Z.com).”The Kshatriyas were warriors

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    2010)‚ pp. 97-106 The Caste System: Effects on Poverty in India‚ Nepal and Sri Lanka Jasmine Rao Abstract Though mostly outlawed‚ the caste system continues to be one of the key drivers of poverty and inequality in South Asia. This article reviews the linkage between poverty and the caste system in India‚ Nepal and Sri Lanka. It also discusses the situation of the so-called Dalits (untouchables)‚ which are typically considered to fall outside of the caste system. In addition to secondary

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    Caste” is defined as a rigid social system in which a social hierarchy is maintained generation after generation and allows little mobility out of the position to which a person is born. The original caste system of India was formed when Aryan nomadic groups migrated from the north to India in approximately 1500 B.C. The system consisted of four distinct groups. They were the Brahmans (priests) Kshatriya (warriors and tribal chiefs)‚ Vaishyas (tradesmen)‚ and the Sudras (workers‚ peasants).

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    References: 1. Messuer‚ J.‚ Social Ethics‚ pp. 269-270‚ 1957. Gallery Hall in Kathmandu (Nepal)‚ on November 20‚ 1956. 9. The Times of India‚ August 27‚ 1954.

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    Cited: Chakrabarty‚ Bidyut. Communal identity in India. New Delhi: OUP‚ 2003. Das‚ K.K.S. Dalit Prathyaya Sasthram (malayalam). thiruvanamthapuram: the state institute of language‚ 2011. Hutton‚ J.H. Caste in India: its nature‚ function and origins. bombay: oxford university press‚ 1983. Limbale‚ Sharan Kumar. The Outcaste akkarmashi. New Delhi: oxford university press‚ 2003. Limbale

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    Annihilation of Caste. This introduction allows the readers to understand the history that caused the production of the speech Annihilation of Caste‚ which was prepared by Ambedkar for The Annual Conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore‚ but never delivered due to the cancellation of the Conference by the Reception Committee. This reading is about the debate between two men‚ B.R. Ambedkar‚ a Dalit or Untouchable‚ and Mahatma Gandhi‚ a Vaishya born to a family of privileged caste Hindus. These

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