Social Structure - Hindu

Question 1

What are the hirachy of the caste system?

Answer 1

Priests (brahmin)
Warriors and Kings (Kshatriya)
Merchants and Landowners (Vaishya)
Commoners, Peasants and Servants (Sudra)
Street Sweepers (Dalit)

Question 2

What is Brahman?

Answer 2

The highest ranked of the social class. Includes Priests advisers and intellectual leaders

Question 3

What is Kshatriya?

Answer 3

The second highest social class. Includes rules, military leaders and large landowners

Question 4

What is Vaishaya?

Answer 4

The Second Lowest social class Includes merchants, traders and farmers

Question 5

What is Sudra?

Answer 5

Lowest social class. includes artisans, laborers and servants

Question 6

What is Dalit?

Answer 6

Not on the caste system because they are so low. Includes street sweepers and beggers.

Question 7

What are some forms of discrimination through the caste system

Answer 7

Indian people can be socially ostracised for inter-caste
marriages.
* Some Indian people are or aren’t granted jobs based
on their caste (especially Dalits).
* A politician’s caste makes a difference to voters.
* As of 2019, an estimated 40-60% of the 6 million Dalit
households engage in sanitation work.
* This divide is partially a cause for poverty and illiteracy
today.