It was a way of having a slave system without having slavery, by using religious reasoning to put certain people in a position where they are made less then others you are perpetuating a convenient cheap labour system with the so called blessings of God. It was formed to supply labour cheap.There is litle limit to the evils that can come from the human imagination.
which belief formed the basis of the caste system in India
The Caste system was made up of High ranking hindu officials and the "untouchables". The caste system, and the Roman hierarchy formed the democracy of the USA. We copied ancient ideas and used them.
In ancient Indian time, Aryans developed the caste system. They had fewer number of their people in India. Aryans were fair skinned, while more darked skinned Indians existed. So the caste system formed. Brahmins, then Kshatriyas, the Vaisyas, and Sudras. There were also untouchables.
The caste system in Kerala differed from that found in the rest of India. While the Indian caste system generally modelled the four-fold division of society into Brahmins, Kshatriyas,Vaisyas and Shudras, in Kerala the Nambudiri Brahmins formed the priestly class and only rarely recognized anyone else as being other than Shudra or untouchables outside the caste system entirely. Thus, the Kerala caste system was ritualised but it was not the varnamodel found elsewhere.
it affected the caste system by bringing new content to the caste system.
Buddhism has no belief in caste system. It frankly rejected the caste system.
The Caste System
It is the religion of Hinduism that uses the caste system
certainly Buddhism was opposed to caste system. Hinduism invented caste system.
The group outside the caste system are the untouchables they are'nt considered part of the caste system
The caste system was influenced by the Indian Government
best describes the Aryan caste system