"Brahmins had long tried to organise the thousands of castesThis is enlightening for me, thank you. I am interested in learning more about the origins of the caste system, and how it was artificially imposed. Do you know anywhere else I could read about it, or even any information you know about pre-caste society or major players etc?
(jati) into a manageable framework of four categories
(varna). This was first articulated in the Dharma-sutra texts
which began to be composed after the Mauryan period (300 BC). It
gained traction in Gupta period (300 AD), especially when
Brahmins began migrating to east, west and south
India. Gradually, communities became endogamous. This is
attested by genetic evidence now. Seventy generations ago caste
became water-tight compartments. Thus caste was never
`Vedic'. It is not 5,000 or 3,000 years old; it became the norm
1,500 years ago. [...]
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