The Untouchables: The Evolution Of A Caste System

Have you ever wondered what would happen if we had a caste system. What if you lived in india? What caste would you be in?You better hope it's not the untouchables. The untouchables were the lowest caste so they got treated the worst. There are 4 main castes in hinduism. The castes include the highest caste the priest and teachers. Next the rulers or warriors. After that is the cultivators or merchants and traders. Finally is the outcastes or untouchables. Each caste was started by the hindus. Each caste means something different the highest caste means that they were the richest. Many of them lived in temples away from normal people others were social. (http://india.mrdonn.org/castesystem.html, 1) The second caste means that they are a ruler of a town or city but any decision they make can be overruled by a priest or teacher. The third cast means that they were skilled farmers or merchants. “The idea of the caste system in ancient India began after the Indus Valley Civilization disappeared and new people arrived, the Aryans. The Aryans were nomads from the north. They brought with them some new ideas. One of those ideas was Hinduism, which is now a world religion. Another was the idea of a caste …show more content…
In the first class people were usually vegetarians because of respect for animals. (social studies the world, 138). In the second class, warriors or kings had a lot of pull in the town but prist and teachers could always tell them they were wrong. Farmers usually had good food and clothing. They had more respect than the untouchables. The untouchable were treated the worst of all the castes. “In some places they are not aloud to drink from the same cups as higher castes so they drink from their hands.” (http://factsanddetails.com, 1). The untouchable are segregated just like the black and white people where. In some places the untouchables shadow was not even allowed to touch a higher caste