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Jati




Many jātis found today in India readily parallel those in the most ancient Hindu texts, indicating that these social groupings have continued uninterrupted since pre-historic times. An important text, the Laws Of Manu , c. 200, codified the social relations between caste groups.

It is believed that the jāti system ossified from an original occupation-based classification into a hereditary classification with attendant rules forbidding marriage between jātis.


JāTIS OF VARNAS



Brahmin




Kshatriya




Vaishya




Sudra




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