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

A Forgotten Dawn While the Western world proudly wears the badge of democracy, preaching it as a modern political ideal, ...

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 ...

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 ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that the caste system should be dismantled to promote national unity has evoked both surprise and suspicion. In its centenary year, is the RSS willing to walk the talk ...

This way of thinking continues today, where many believe that the caste system, in its current form ... After the end of the Mauryan empire, in the period of turbulence and flux, Shudras were ...

Historical Context of Caste System The modern caste system developed in India. The fragmentation of the Mughal Empire led, in the centuries before the British Raj, to the spread of caste ...