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1、HISTORYOFTHEINDIANCASTESYSTEMANDITSIMPACTONINDIATODAYByManaliS.DeshpandeAdvisedbyDr.HaroldKerboSOCS461,462SeniorProjectSocialSciencesDepartmentCollegeofLiberalArtsCALIFORNIAPOLYTHECHNICSTATEUNIVERSITY,SanLuisObispoFall,2010TableofContentsI.ResearchProposalII.Annotated
2、BibliographyIII.OutlineIV.FinalPaperi.Introductionii.CasteStructureandCharacteristicsiii.OriginsandHistoryiv.Religion,Culture,andCastev.MovementsandPoliticalPoliciesagainstCastevi.ModernIndiavii.ConclusionV.BibliographyResearchProposalTheIndianCasteSystemishistoricall
3、yoneofthemaindimensionswherepeopleinIndiaaresociallydifferentiatedthroughclass,religion,region,tribe,gender,andlanguage.Althoughthisorotherformsofdifferentiationexistinallhumansocieties,itbecomesaproblemwhenoneormoreofthesedimensionsoverlapeachotherandbecomethesolebas
4、isofsystematicrankingandunequalaccesstovaluedresourceslikewealth,income,powerandprestige.TheIndianCasteSystemisconsideredaclosedsystemofstratification,whichmeansthataperson’ssocialstatusisobligatedtowhichcastetheywereborninto.Therearelimitsoninteractionandbehaviorwith
5、peoplefromanothersocialstatus.ThispaperwillbeexploringthevariousaspectsoftheIndiancastesystemanditseffectsonIndiatoday.Thecastesystemisaclassificationofpeopleintofourhierarchicallyrankedcastescalledvarnas.Theyareclassifiedaccordingtooccupationanddetermineaccesstowealt
6、h,power,andprivilege.TheBrahmans,usuallypriestsandscholars,areatthetop.NextaretheKshatriyas,orpoliticalrulersandsoldiers.TheyarefollowedbytheVaishyas,ormerchants,andthefourtharetheShudras,whoareusuallylaborers,peasants,artisans,andservants.Attheverybottomarethoseconsi
7、deredtheuntouchables.Theseindividualsperformoccupationsthatareconsidereduncleanandpolluting,suchasscavengingandskinningdeadanimalsandareconsideredoutcastes.Theyarenotconsideredtobeincludedintherankedcastes.Thevarnasarethendividedintospecializedsub-castescalledjatis.Ea
8、chjatiiscomposedofagroupderivingitslivelihoodprimarilyfromaspecificoccupation.Peoplearebornintoacertaincasteandbecomemembers
