A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...

Sponsor Message Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India ... and 104 million were scheduled tribes. India surpassed China to become the most populous country in April 2023 with ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several ...

In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination ... hierarchical system," Dhavan said. The main concept comes from an ancient Indian religious text ...

Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last summer by a research team among ancient ... system, excavated from the Yueyang site in Xi’an, China.

Social and Cultural Significance of the Caste System Caste systems are reliant on ancient notions of ritual purity but they can still hold contemporary implications for social relationships ...