CASTE SYSTEM: THE CASTE SYSTEM IN THE ANCIENT PERIOD
A caste is an endogamous group, that is, its
members marry within the caste. A man is born in a caste and remains in that for ever. Members of a caste used to have a particular occupation on a hereditary
basis.
A given caste occupies a particular rank in the hierarchy of caste, hence some are superior to it and some are inferior. At the top are Brahman as and at the bottom are the "untouchable castes" There are certain rules regarding eating drinking and social interaction which are to be followed by all castes. Caste panchayats used to regulate the behavour of its members
by impementing these rules. Caste is a dynamic institution, it has changed a great deal in accordance with changes in the wider society.
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