In the Indian caste system, the noblest surname, i.e., the one with the highest status, is "Brahmin".

Indian society was y religious, and the priests, who were looked up to as gods, were called "Brahmins". The word "Brahman" is derived from the word "Bora Humana" (i.e., Brahman), which originally meant "prayer" or "something that increases". The words of the prayer have the power of the mantra, and the increase of the power of the mantra can make the good people blessed and the evil people punished, so the priest who performs the prayer is called "Brahman".

Besides priests, they also served as court scribes, scientists (astrologers, mathematicians), teachers and civil servants. In the first half of the twentieth century. Brahmins held 75% of government positions in some fields.

Brahmins enjoyed many privileges because of their duties and status.

They were exempted from paying all kinds of taxes because it was believed that the Brahmins had paid such debts by their pious acts, and they were not allowed to be sentenced to death or any kind of corporal punishment because Brahmins were sacrosanct. Those who gave gifts to Brahmins were then blessed with a certain amount of good karma, either in this life or in the next. The most popular gift was land, which "relieved the giver of all his sins". For this reason, Brahmins possessed large estates, often entire villages.

Under the Brahmins were the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and Dalits.

Besides the four major castes, there was another group of people who were excluded from the castes, the so-called "unacceptable untouchables", also known as "Dalits" and "Chandragupta". They have the lowest social status and are the most discriminated against.

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The caste system is a social system based on descent that was once prevalent in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries, with India being the most serious. It is also known as the untouchability system (Hindi: ? , English: Caste system in India, or Indian Caste system).

The Indian caste system, derived from Hinduism and also known as the Varna system, was formed in the late Vedic era and has a history of more than 3,000 years. This system divides people into 4 classes, namely Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. A drawing of the Varna hierarchy based on the Rig Veda - Song of the Original Man: the Brahmin is the mouth of the original man, the Kshatriya is the arms of the original man, the Vaishya is the thighs of the original man, and the Shudra is the feet of the original man. As for the untouchables, they are excluded from the body of the original man.

The caste system was centered on the ruling class and divided into a number of endogamous groups, or castes, based on occupation. The castes were divided into sub-castes depending on the region they lived in, and within these sub-castes, they were divided into tribal castes depending on the settlement they lived in, and these tribal castes were finally divided into clans that practiced the extramarital marriage system.

Thus, the caste system covers most of the groups in the Indian society and is closely related to the social system, cosmology, religion and interpersonal relationship in India, which is the most important social system and norms in traditional India.

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