What Evidence Suggests That the Four-Group Caste System of South

question 42

Multiple Choice

What evidence suggests that the four-group caste system of South Asia was based on encounters with people of different complexions and cultures?

• A) It was uniformly enforced throughout South Asia,putting conquered people in the lowest caste.
• B) The word Varna means color in Sanskrit.
• C) It had its roots in a myth about the meeting of mystical horses,each representing one of the four castes.
• D) It originated with the Vedic people's nomadic life on the central Asian plains.

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