期刊名称：International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies
印刷版ISSN：2349-6711
电子版ISSN：2349-6959
出版年度：2016
卷号：2
期号：4
页码：238-251
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出版社：Scholar Publications
摘要：Theoretical literature in the formation of caste system and its implication on society in sixth century BCE to third century CE Indian society represents a complicated social organisation in the form of caste system. Emergence of caste system is a highly contested question in the Indian academia. Historian, ethnographers of colonial and post-colonial India put forwarded several accounts by addressing this question. However, the process of caste system is remained as an unsatisfactorily addressed question in Indian history. The proposed study attempts to capture the formation of caste system and its implication on the society in the Middle Gangatic valley during the period of 6 century BCE to 3 century CE. Because this region represents one of the most rigid caste based inequalities and hence the proposed study attempts to demystify the mystery of how these communities came into existence and what was the dynamics of this process. Key Words: Caste, Social Organization, Hereditary, Hierarchy, Gahapati, Communities etc.
