Discover key Mauryan Empire facts! Test your knowledge on Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, administration, and significant events ...

The arrival of Aryans (1500 BCE) brought a caste-based Vedic varna-jati system, codified by the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE). It laid the foundation of what I term the 'Ancient Curse' — a caste ...

The practice persisted, and was observed in the Mauryan Empire as well. Records indicate the presence ... families belonging to the untouchable caste in Hindu society continued to engage in scavenging ...

These include Harvard University and Apple, Inc., the California State Universities system, as well as the city of Seattle. Now the caste-based discrimination movement is eyeing its biggest prize ...

Gill responded with a tweet that drew immediate criticism: “America is the ‘land of opportunity’ precisely because we DON’T have a caste system. We cannot sustain America’s prosperity ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into rigid categories that govern every aspect of life. The last successful exercise to record ...

viewing the caste system as a reality of Hinduism. The social benefits include reserved seats for lower-caste individuals in parliament, village councils, and for higher education and government ...

According to Dr. Bishwakarma what is needed is to challenge and defeat the whole caste system and not just focussing on fighting caste discrimination. But why organise a conference in Canada?

Jairam Ramesh shared two video clips of the prime minister in which he is heard criticising the opposition's pitch for a caste census. A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the decision ...