1. IndianCasteSystem María Todorova

2. Origines… Thereligioustheorie: parts of thebody of Purusha Thebiologicaltheory: sattva, raja, tamas

3. VARNA AND JATI SYSTEM There are fivedifferentlevels of thesystem: - Brahman (priest) - Kshatriya(ruler, warrior, landowner) - Vaishya(merchants) - Shudra(artisans, agriculturalists) - Harijans("outside" thecastesystem, once known as "untouchables”) TWICE BORN

4. VARNA AND JATY SYSTEM

5. Agreewiththacastsystem

6. Againsthecastsystem Six women in a village in the eastern state of Orissa were dragged by their hair, beaten and paraded naked by a group of upper caste men. They were attacked because the men in their families had refused to wash the feet of upper caste wedding guests. Sptember 25 2005 Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested seven people after two young lovers were hanged because they came from different Indian castes. Agust, 2001

7. TheBeginning of thecastesystem Thereligioustheorie: parts of thebody of Purusha Thebiologicaltheory: sattva, raja, tamas

8. http://www.hotathrandom.com/IndianCaste.htm www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring98/india.htm http://www.my-india.net/mb/messages/20/150.html