古印度威严的种姓轨制(国外英语资料).doc

古印度森严的种姓制度(国外英语资料) The strict caste system in ancient India (1) The history of India is a history of being conquered by foreign nations. India, the original inhabitants of Dravidian once created a brilliant Harappa culture. About 1500 BC, the calm of the subcontinent of India was broken by an Indo European nomadic aryan. They first occupied India Five Rivers (now Pakistan and India in Punjab), a fierce conflict with the local indigenous dravidian. As a result, the Aryan conquered the latter, and gradually expanded eastward, conquering the entire northern India. After the invasion of India, the Aryan gradually abandoned the nomadic lifestyle and began to settle down in agriculture. At the same time, a strict hierarchy was gradually formed in the Aryan society, which is the caste system. Caste is the rank, Sanskrit as Wahl (that is, color). The Aryan is Caucasian, Dravidian is dark, so the caste system actually originated in the invaders conquered himself and tried to isolate the local residents in the race. With the gradual division of the Aryan people and the various social positions fixed by generations, the caste system went beyond the category of racial oppression and evolved into a social hierarchy. According to the provisions of the caste system, people are divided into four grades: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisyas and sudras. Is the first Brahmin caste, composed of Aryan priestly class, their generations in prayer and worship, sometimes in the regime, the spirit of India is the ancient Kshatriya rulers; as the military aristocracy, is second caste, they are secular rulers of ancient India, the king for most of this class; the rest of the Aryan free people called the Vaisyas, third castes, engaged in agriculture, handicraft industry and business; conquered indigenous genera and fourth castes, called the Sudras, some of them are slaves, duty is to the upper caste service. Obviously, the first, second caste is the ruling class, the third, fourth caste is the ruling c