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Patels belong to the Upper caste Landlords of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Next after the Brahmins....they are actually the most dominant upper caste in Gujarat. That is the reason why other castes of Gujarat like Jats,Gurjars,Brahmins,Rajputs(Darbar),Lohana sometimes adopt this surname to mingle with the real upper caste Patels. In caste if a Patel is O.B.C or S.C, he is certainly not a real Patel but is misusing the Upper Caste status of The Patels.
i dont know! :):) look in a thesasurs or what ever u call thse things!!
Chauhan is a warrior caste, so it would be next to brahmins in the heirarchy. But, there is no such strict caste system now and some people take up other caste names.
There were five layers in the Caste system in India. At the bottom were the 'untouchables.' These were janitors, street cleaners, shoe makers, etc. Above them were the Shudras, who were the servants of the next 3 layers. Above them were the merchants and landowners known as Vaisyas. Above them were the warriors, the Kshatriyas. Finally, at the top were the Brahmins, who were the priests.
The Brahmins were and are priests in the highest social caste. Kshatriyas were and are the second highest level in the social caste system as they included the courageous warriors. The Vaishyas the next level was and is composed of traders and merchants. Lastly, the Sudra included the manual laborers, like the farmers and artisans. Outside of the caste system were the "Untouchables" that were deemed to be lesser than all within a caste.
I think you are referring to the four (not six) basic castes of Hinduism. The top caste is the Brahmins; in traditional Hinduism, they were the educated elite and believed to be more advanced in their spirituality. The next caste is the K'shatriyas (who traditionally tended to be involved with the military); Vaishyas (the business class), and the Shudras (laborers, servants, etc). At the very bottom are the people formerly called "untouchables" but more often called Dalits.
In Hinduism, the concept of reincarnation means that one's caste can change in their next life based on their actions. However, the idea that untouchables can be reborn into a higher caste is not universally accepted and has been a point of debate and contention within Hindu society. Discrimination based on caste remains a significant social issue in many parts of India.
The Indian Caste System is the traditional organization of South Asian, particularly Hindu, society into a hierarchy of hereditary groups called castes or jatos. In broad outline, marriage occurs only within caste (endogamy), caste is fixed by birth, and each caste is associated with a traditional occupation, such as weaving or barbering. Hindu religious principles underlay the caste hierarchy and limit the ways that castes can interact. The caste system is connected to the Hindu concept of the four varnas, which order and rank humanity by innate spiritual purity. The highest varna is the Brahmins, or priests. Next comes the Kshatriyas, the warriors, and then the Vaishyas, the merchants. The lowest varna is the Shudras, consisting of labourers, artisans and servants who do work that is ritually unclean. Contact between varnas, and particularly the sharing of food and water, must be limited to avoid pollution of higher, purer individuals by lower, more unclean ones
Guru Nanak
Reincarnation is the Hindu belif of an afterlife. And they belived if you were a good person they would move you up to a higher caste.But if you were a bad person then you would go lower or become an outcaste or even a bug! that's as much as i can say/answer...sorry if it is not good enough. Only lower caste or out caste is not the result of karma in next life but born with poorty, richness, handicaped, smart, dum, man ,women or in between.
The caste system last such a long time, because people ate banana's while making it. So that is why we know that it has been around for a long time. They also played Black Ops while making it. Thank you
the highest position was the brahmins ,priest, and teachers.the next nevel was the artisans,traders,and merchants :) hopes this helped!