- Creation of Indian Caste System
- Caste
- comes from the Portuguese word
- "race"
- "purity of blood"
- may have evolved from encounter between Aryans (light-skinned) and natives (dark-skinned)
- grew from interaction of culturally diverse peoples
- development of economic and social differences between them
- economic specialization and culture apparently more important than notions of race
- Caste
- Inequality in India
- inherent inequality supported by idea of karma, dharma, and rebirth
- patriarchal