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The Positive And Negative Aspects Of The Caste System In Ancient India

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A large number of scholar actually regard “Caste system”, from ancient India as a self help religion. The Hindu caste system was a clever invention of the later Vedic society, justified by a few law makers. This essay will discuss both the positive and negative aspects of the Caste system from ancient India as a self help system. Caste system made the ancient India society orderly and more positive. Also caste system made a big trouble between different level people and brought something unfair. In ancient India, Caste system made the ancient India society orderly. The caste system as enforced with the help of law books such as Manusmriti and the support of kings who considered themselves as upholders of dharma. Caste system emphasize to human that everyone need to follow the high level human. No one can replace the ruler is a traditional opinion in ancient Indian’s brain. It decrease the number of people which want to rebel. Everyone is ruler’s follower because of Caste system and it’s really easy for king to control one country of follower.(What is India 's caste system?, by BBC NEWS, 25 February 2016)The caste system is based on birth. It told people must to do their own level’s job and everything was control before the man’s birthing. No one can change it and to do something else. The only thing they supposed to do is do their own job. It make society more orderly and less one fight because of power and value.(Hinduism and Caste system, by Jayaram V)Caste system

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