While anti-caste movements attribute the deeply entrenched and codified chaturvarna (four divisions) system that defines ... After the end of the Mauryan empire, in the period of turbulence ...

The empire was established by Sri Gupta who came from the Vaishya caste, a low caste within the stratified social class hierarchical system. That said, many of the more remarkable accomplishments ...

The caste system — a hierarchical, hereditary, and exploitative social system based on occupations — originated in ancient Indian society. Though predominant among the Hindus, who make up four ...

The country needs to hear the truth. Whose government was there in 1951 and whose system was in force... In 1931, the last caste census was done that is before Independence” he said. Also Read ...

“You should have data about to what extent the caste system has been eroded. There, the mind has not yet been applied,” he said. He also noted a reluctance among some proponents of the caste ...

Numbers are the basis of governance; without them, the state loses confidence. In government offices, one may see that every item — electrical panels, fans, chairs — is meticulously numbered ...

Highlighting the platform’s capabilities, CM Gupta noted that MedLEaPR will reduce the need for handwritten documentation by allowing all reports to be submitted electronically. In a major step ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next population census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country.

Don’t be fooled, the final stages of a caste system are being implemented. 1 ...