The Four Levels Of The Caste System

The caste system is a structure in which people are classified by birth. People are classified according to their occupation or how wealthy and powerful they are in the society. The caste system contains four levels or categories, which are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and lastly the Shudras. Being placed as the highest category, the Brahmins were mainly made up of priests, while the Kshatriyas, which were the second highest category, were made up of chieftains and their warriors. Next, Vaishyas were the third category in the caste system, which contained merchants as well as commoners. Finally, the fourth group or the Shudras were made up of slaves or servants that worked for the upper classes. Sadly, the Shudras were not considered fully members of the society, due to their low classed living. …show more content…
Why? Because as many of us have stated, the caste system doesn’t let people, especially in the low categories or classes, improve and better their lives. As it explains in our book, karma and reincarnation were believed to be very influential when it came to deciding if a person’s life was going to improve or not. It was believed that every action and every thought had its consequences and therefore would determine the state you were in at the time. So, death and “good karma” or good actions were the only hope to improve a person’s life. I can only imagine how hard the lives of people categorized in the Shudras were, and to think they couldn’t do much about it makes it