Caste systems have been defined in the most general terms as systems of hierarchically ordered endogamous units in which membership is hereditary and permanent (e.g. Berreman 1960). On such a definition a whole range of rigidly stratified societies...

Caste has been described as the fundamental social institution of India. Sometimes the term is used metaphorically to refer to rigid social distinctions or extreme social exclusiveness wherever found, and some authorities have used the term...

Caste, along with class and status, is a system for social stratification, whereby social respect and wealth are distributed unequally. The most powerful such stratification is the Hindu caste system which dominates much of Indian life. There are four...

at the root of the Indian caste system is the IE division of society into three classes of (1) warriors and aristocrats, (2) priesthood and (3) professional and working people. When the Indo-Āryans colonized Northern India, a fourth, subservient...

Caste Systems are a religious version & variation of the traditional social class system, hereditary systems of social class in many parts of the world. Today, it is most commonly associated with India and the Hindu caste system. In a caste society,...

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A blaze that killed a couple and their 3-year-old son in their suburban Chicago apartment may have had its point of origin on the other side of the world, in India's ancient Hindu caste system.Prosecutors say Subhash Chander, an immigrant from India, doused the place...

India's most powerful low-caste politician swept into power Friday in the country's largest state, dealing a political blow to the scion of the powerful Gandhi clan.Mayawati, a fiery 51-year-old woman who goes by one name, was set to become the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh,...