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THE RURAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT
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CHAPTER 2
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THE CASTE SYSTEM
Indian society had a definite scheme of social gradation, with
the Brahmins at the head of the hierarchy, followed by Kshatriyas (warriors) and
Vaishyas (business class and traders), and then the Shudras (involved in low-skilled
and odd jobs) at the bottom. Individual castes themselves are further divided into
sub-castes, each claiming social supremacy over the other. Claims of social supremacy
were usually exploitative, and accompanied the humiliation of social groups lower in
the hierarchy, whose basic human rights were denied.
The Shudras suffer from social and economic ...
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