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  2. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    While legal codes and state administration were emerging in India, with the rising power of the European powers, Dirks states that the late 18th-century British writings on India say little about caste system in India, and predominantly discuss territorial conquest, alliances, warfare and diplomacy in India. [160]

  3. List of Scheduled Castes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Scheduled Castes in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are those considered the most socio-economic disadvantaged in India, and are officially defined in the Constitution of India in order to aid equality initiatives.

  4. Tribal casteism - Wikipedia

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    Indian sociologists and historians often appeal to a "tribe-to-caste continuum" [3] that has elements of contested social evolution and miss the fluid and changing nature of tribal social organization, both internally and with regard to state recognition for affirmative action quotas—Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

  5. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of the lower caste and tribe into the modern-day Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is complex. The caste system as a stratification of classes in India originated about 2,000 years ago, and has been influenced by dynasties and ruling elites, including the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.

  6. Caste - Wikipedia

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    The caste system in Sri Lanka is a division of society into strata, [39] influenced by the textbook jāti system found in India. Ancient Sri Lankan texts such as the Pujavaliya, Sadharmaratnavaliya and Yogaratnakaraya and inscriptional evidence show that the above hierarchy prevailed throughout the feudal period.

  7. Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development

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    Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [5] John Nesfield, H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the central point in the mechanism of the caste system. Senart's "idea of pollution" is a characteristic of caste in so far as caste has a religious flavour.

  8. Category:NA-Class Indian caste system pages - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "NA-Class Indian caste system pages" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. Category:Indian caste system articles by quality - Wikipedia

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