The Brahmins are at the top of the Caste Systems social structure The Brahmins were Priests and Scholars that acted as religious leaders The Brahmins performed religious rituals for god and they also read and studied the Vedas ID: 513845
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The Indian Caste SystemSlide2
The Brahmins are at the top of the Caste System’s social
structure
The Brahmins were Priests and Scholars that acted as religious
leadersThe Brahmins performed religious rituals for god and they also read and studied the VedasThe Brahmins are also one of the main sources of the Vedas because they are one of the only people who can read Sanskrit
The Brahmins
[
brahmin
]Slide3
Ks
h
atriya
The Kshatriya group is the second group
Kshatriya was used in a context for the Vedic society
Kshatriya was a part of the military elite.Kshatriya also believed in many godsSlide4
The Vaishya
The vaishyas were like the traders of the cat system
They’re also known as the social classes of Hindu India
The vaishyas owned agriculture
Then they were money lenders they were like the rich people of India
The Vaishyas were like the Greek God Hermes they were like him because they were merchants and traders.Slide5
SUDRA
Sudras (soo-drags),or laborers and non-Aryans.
Sudras were workers and servants.
Purusha (body divided to create castes ) sudras (feet)
Sudras are the lowest caste.They are labourers and servants Slide6
Untouchables
The Dalits were all the way at the bottom of the Caste system ( not really )
The Untouchables or the Dalit were not even considered as part of the Caste SystemThe Untouchables were scavengers that collected garbage and they also handled the waste of higher castesControversies among the Dalits caused many leaders to make a law which forbids discrimination against DalitsSlide7
The Issues caused by the Caste System
Lots of discrimination has occurred in India due to the Caste System
India has become less of a country and has created a society that presents itself as separate states
India’s civilization
India did not have a governmentSlide8Slide9
What did the brahmins do for the gods?
What group was kshatryia in?What were the vaishyas called?Where were the Dalit’s and the untouchables located?
What were the sudrahs?Slide10
Answers
They performed religious rituals for the gods.
The kshatriya was in the second group
They were called the social class.The untouchable’s and the Dalit’s were located at the bottom of the caste system.Slide11