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2. Post Independence
2.1. Work/Employment
2.2. Domestic
2.3. Politics
3. Impact of British Colonialism
3.1. Legal Rigidity
3.2. Power equation among the castes
3.3. Relief for Depressed classes
4. Reformers
4.1. Coming Soon
5. Tribes (Coming soon)
6. Reservations
7. Past
7.1. Introduction
7.1.1. Varna
7.1.1.1. Brahmins
7.1.1.1.1. priests, scholars, and philosophers
7.1.1.2. Kshatriyas
7.1.1.2.1. rulers and warriors
7.1.1.3. Vaisyas
7.1.1.3.1. farmers, traders, merchants, and craftsmen
7.1.1.4. Sudras
7.1.1.4.1. labourers, peasants, and servants for the other castes
7.1.2. Jati
7.1.2.1. Jati is a generic term referring to species or kinds of inanimate objects, plants and animals. Yet, in the Indian caste system, we use it to segregate human beings.
7.1.3. Avarna
7.1.3.1. Panchamas/ Dalits/ Untouchables
7.1.3.1.1. Manual labourers doing impure work such as leatherwork, butchering or removal of rubbish, animal carcasses and human waste, cleaning streets, latrines and sewers.
7.2. Theories about the origin of caste
7.2.1. Purusha Suktha
7.2.2. Gunas
7.2.2.1. Sattva
7.2.2.2. Rajas
7.2.2.3. Tamas
7.2.3. Aryan influence
7.3. Principles
7.3.1. Differentiation & Separation
7.3.2. Hierarchy & Wholism
7.3.3. Pollution & Purity