Indian caste system originated from Hinduism, also known as Varna system, which was formed in the late Vedic era and has a history of more than 3,000 years. This system divides people into four grades, namely Brahman, Khrushchev, Veda, sudra and Dapu Zhengsu.

Varna scale drawn according to the song of primitive people in Rigveda: Brahma is the mouth of primitive people, Khshatriya is the arm of primitive people, Veda is the thigh of primitive people, and sudra is the foot of primitive people. As for untouchables, they were excluded from the body of primitive people.

The source of caste system The caste system was originally a social system with the invasion of India by Aryans. The original caste system was not to divide classes and people, but to ensure the ruling power of Aryans and keep a certain number of people in various jobs.

However, with the foreign Islamic conquerors such as Mamluk and Mongols ruling India, the caste system has been adjusted many times for the needs of political power, and has been fixed and rigid to meet the needs of British Indian colonists, becoming a strict class order system.

Because the inequality in this system is very different from the democratic system and human rights thought in the modern west, it is often criticized as an anti-modern backward system, and even regarded as a cancer that hinders the progress of Indian society. 1947 After India's independence from the colonial system, the legal status of the caste system was officially abolished, and all kinds of caste classification and discrimination were regarded as illegal, but they still played a very important role in the actual social operation and life.