varna

The roots of caste system are in teh concept of Varna and Varna system has its roots in Sankhya.

A few days later, Griaznov made his way to Varna and took a flight from there.

There was fluidity among varnas long before the British arrived and also inter-varna and inter-jati marriages.

You are right that he was from a family of land-tillers which is considered to be of a Shudhra varna.

The rigidity of the varna-jati system started after the Mughal invasions, due to their exploitative taxation.

There are many of castes which do not cleanly belong one Varna including my own.

You are mistaking the discriminatory nature of 'caste' with just the different nature of 'varna's.

Nobody asks which varna or jati you are from, or no one even mentions these words at least in urban parts.

In modern sense your definition of Varna is worthless too because people in same occupation show no solidarity along these lines.

This was because varna-jati was not considered important by the Indians of that time.

If you said varna or jati, it would have made more sense.

There is no basis for Varna being treated as occupation.

The Indian word for caste, "varna" literally means color.

Just because some book says "people from X varna should do certain job", who is enforcing it?

> Just because some book says "people from X varna should do certain job", who is enforcing it?

As a matter of fact, ancestral caste is not a concept introduced by Hinduism or Indian culture (look up "varna", which is native to Hinduism and is not necessarily assigned by ancestry).

Varna was not an inherited category and the occupation determined the varna.

Ajju, the word 'caste' comes from the Sanskrit 'Varna' which means 'skin color'.

There are two reasons for that: Herb didn't attend in person and the meeting was in Golden Sands, not Varna...