The caste system is a strict segregation of people according to social class in hindu society which is based on

The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and, modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.[1][2][3][4] It is today the basis of educational and job reservations in India.[citation needed] It consists of two different concepts, varna and jati, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system.[5]