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What were some of the differences between the Aryans abd the dasas in India?
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Dasa means servant. Spirtually the highest position requiring greatest surrender.
Sudra is one of four the other being bramanha, ksetria, vysha.
A very brief explaination is All humans can be fit into these categories generally speaking there are yavansa, melachas these are those that dispose of dead animals and clean stool etc.
Brahmans are lie priests and advisors based on scriputure, most righteuos among men. Ksetrias are administrators of society dclaring and upkeeping laws and protection as warriors, and kingly class.
Vysha are merchants, business men and farmers providing shelet for animals and food.
sudra are servants to the other 3 classes and people engaged in entertainment travelling from place to place. Simple folk with basic reuirements and needs, food and shelter.
However thereis no hierachy or monopoly all are equal as men and free.
Nothing to do with birth right merely psycho physical nature. Akin to latter day Jung and Freud.
As time has passed and blood lines and the morality of men has diminished people are a combination as opposed to merely one group.
In this iron age of kali the last and shortest following satya, tretha, dwarpa most men are sudra and there are said to be no true brahmins.
The class of the leader who people moan about is only as good as the general populas from which they come.
Also 4 stages of life. brahmachari, grhasta, vrnaprastha, sannyas. 0-25, 25-50, 50-75, 75-100. Average life expectancy of human of sound health as seen in many Indian villages based on vegetarian diet and no mod cons.
Uptp 25 is the celibate student, upto 50 is the householder carring for the students food and mendicants. upto 75 is retired life, visiting holy places on pilgrimage, practising fulldetachment, upto 100 full renuncation live far from home in ashram or forest preaching science of the soul preparing for leaving the material body and world understanding nothing belongs to you but God to whom you want to reuturn to, to serve with love.
So forming a 4x4 grid which is known as Varna Ashram Dham. The original Caste System which is a systematic and scientific way to categorise humans. It is not political of hierachial. Just as all parts of the body work together to form the whole and are all necessary to achieve its function.
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∙ 12y agoThe Aryans were an Indo-European people while the dasas were not. The dasas also rejected the Aryans religious practices.
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What role do the dasas play in the caste system?
they played the role of servents
Which was true of the aryans they migrated to the Indian subcontinent?
This is a question which belongs to one of the most controversial topics in the modern history - 'The Aryans: their origin, culture and movements.' It all got started in India, when the British in India (India was a British colony for 150-200 years till the year of Indian independence & its partition into Pakistan, India and Bangladesh in the year 1947) discovered the linguistic similarities between several European, central Asian and north Indian languages. After years of research into the Indian history, culture, religion, literature, and excavation of the Indus valley civilization in the North-west India, the British (and a few other European scholars) concluded that the Aryans (concluded to be the fair skinned people from Caucasus region) got into India from the parts of modern Afghanistan and Iran, where they had settled earlier. They were thought to have invaded the north-west India, that is, the Indian valley civilization, subsequently defeating, massacaring the civilization's dark skinned inhabitants and driving them to the south of India, while making the north their own. Later, the Aryans classified the dark skinned original inhabitants or the Dravidians as the 'Shudra' or 'untouchable' class of the Indo-Aryan society, and classified themselves as the Brahmins (priestly or knowledgeable class), the Kshtriyas (warrior class) and the Vaishyas (the business class). The Brahmins were the most authoritative and respected. This above written Aryan Invasion theory (AIT), which is accepted by most European and Indian historians, has some more-than-serious flaws. These flaws (pointed by both - some European and many Indian historians) had been pointed out much earlier, but have gained much popularity and support since a few decades after the independence of India. These are as follows: 1) If the 'light skinned and mostly blonde haired and blue eyed' Aryans had really invaded India and settled here thereafter, then why are such people with pure Caucasian features rarely found in India now? If it is because of centuries of racial intermixing, then how come one can still find some quite dark skinned people in India but not central Asian/ European type 'white' skinned people in India? Even the light brown skinned people found in the far north of India in places like Kashmir aren't as fair as the 'Aryans' are considered to be. 2) The Aryans divided themselves into 3 classes. The fourth class was the lowly 'Shudra' class, explained by the European historians as the Aryan conquered Dravidians' class. By this logic, all the high castes, esp. the Brahmins had to be white/ light brown skinned and the people belonging to the 'Shudra' class had to be dark brown skinned. And yet, many dark skinned Brahmins and light skinned 'Shudras' can easily be found in India - both in north as well as south. And upon that, inter-caste marriages, esp. high and low caste ones, are still uncommon in almost all parts of India. Another point regarding castes is that - Valmiki, the writer of the great Indian epic 'Ramayana', was born a Shudra, but ultimately, by attaining the Brahminical aspect of knowledge earning, spiritual understanding and noble mannerisms, became a Brahmin. 'Ramayana' is the story (does not matter if it was factual or myth) of a Kshtriya (Aryan) prince of North India - Lord Rama, who at the climax of the story defeats and kills the demonic king of Sri Lanka (south of India) - Ravana. Now, even though Ravana was a Brahmin (Aryan) by caste, he is considered, in the Indian spiritual folklore, as an UnArya or a non-Aryan, on account of his demonic deeds. This all suggests that caste system, originally, was not rigid, and that, 'Aryan' was an open, attainable socio-spiritual status. 3) How come almost all the light brown skinned people in India (considered to be the descedants of the original Aryans) belong to the cold climate locations of India like Kashmir and Himachal and the dark brown skinned (considered to be the Dravidians themselves) belong to the warm climate locations? This suggests that skin colour in India has more do do with the climate and atmosphere of a particular region in India. 4) If the Aryans were outsiders in India, then why do their spiritual-cultural-social compilation 'The Vedas' do not mention any outside cities, rivers and mountains? Why do they only mention the places that are found in India, as their sacred most? Why not some place in Caucasus or Iran? Why don't the Vedas, which contain references to many battles, contain no reference to an 'invasion' of the land of Indus-Saraswati (India)? How come the modern descendants of Aryans in India have no recollection of their foreign origins? How come the descendants of Shudras (so called Dasas or Dasyus or Dravidians or indigenous race of India) have no recollection of an Aryan invasion of their land and their subsequent subjugation because of a defeat at the hands of the Aryans? 5) If the Dravidians' Indus valley civilization met its end at the hands of the invading Aryans, then how come no horse remains, broken chariots and burned buildings were discovered in and around the valley? 6) How come there was (and is) no conflict or confrontation of any kind between the people or north and south India, ever? How come Brahmins (the highest Aryan caste) are present at both the locations? They should have been concentrated in the north. According to an Anthropological survey of India report, the Brahmins of Tamil Nadu (especially the Iyengars) have physical traits that more in common with non-Brahmins in the state than with fellow Brahmins in western or northern India. Detailed anthropometric surveys carried out among the people of Uttar Pradesh, Gujrat, Maharashtra, Bengal and Tamil Nadu revealed significant regional differences within a caste and a closer resemblance between castes of different varnas within a region. 7) If Aryans were outsiders in India (and not the insiders), then how come 'Swastika' - an Aryan symbol - was found on some Indus valley seals? 8) The invading Aryans have been described as either nomadic or semi-nomadic people. It is difficult to imagine that any nomadic people could create anything even close to the complex Vedas. 9) India (or more specifically Hinduism which forms 80% of Indian population and which considers the Vedas as its highest spiritual-cultural-social authority and 'Swastika' as its religious symbol) does not have any oral or written account of any 'Aryan invasion' or any north-south or white-dark divide, past 3500-5000 years of its existence. Infact, the Britishers were the first ones to talk about all such things in India, to the utter shock of the Hindus. 10) Some historians claim an non-Indian origin for Aryans on the basis of languages; that: North Indian, Pakistani and Afghanistani languages are much similar to Central Asian, Iranian and European languages than to the ones that are spoken by South Indians. The former group of languages are termed as PIE (Proto Indo-European) and supposed by AIT theorists to have been created by the 'white' Aryans. However, there are many instances where no connection between genetics and linguistics was found; for example, Basques, a nation in the French-Spanish borderland which has preserved a pre-PIE language, has a high concentration of rhesus negative factor in its population. In comparison, the rhesus negative factor's concentration is much lower in the populations of India and Pakistan. Rhesus negative factor is a genetic one, which decides how genetically close a person is to the 'white Caucasian race'. Similar is the case with large portions of populations from Scotland, Baltic Area, Sami (Lapp) population of Northern Scandinavia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, etc. While these people are closer (than Indians and Pakistanis) to the white Caucasians in genetic formation and looks, they speak languages other than the PIE group of languages. So, while there generally is, but not a definite connection between languages and races. So, does that mean the Aryans were never to (or present in) India? No. The Aryans were definitely here. Because the Vedas were clearly written by the Aryans (mentioned as 'Arya' in the Vedas - this is the term from which the word 'Aryan' was derived) and they were clearly written in India only. This leaves us with this possible explanation about the origin of Aryans: Aryanism was a spiritual and cultural concept or revolution, which spread from North-West India to Afghanistan, Ganga-Yamuna plain, South India, Iran and from there on to Central Asia and finally to Europe, on the basis of cultural, spiritual, linguistic and social superiority mainly, not muscle power. Note: This is a highly controversial subject; and, for anyone who is interested, I suggest that he should do his own 'deep' research about the topic, before jumping on to any conclusion on the basis of any one book or article.
What are some of the differences between the Aryan's and the Dasas in India?
The Aryans were an Indo-European people while the dasas were not. The dasas also rejected the Aryans religious practices.
How are the aryans different from non aryans that they encountered when migrating to India?
Aryans were taller, lighter in color, and spoke a different language. Also, they had not developed a writing system. The non-aryans, or dasas, were town dwellers who lived in communities protected by walls.
How are the Aryan different from non Aryans that they encountered when migrating to India?
Aryans were taller, lighter in color, and spoke a different language. Also, they had not developed a writing system. The non-aryans, or dasas, were town dwellers who lived in communities protected by walls.
What role do the dasas play in the caste system?
they played the role of servents
Which was true of the aryans they migrated to the Indian subcontinent?
This is a question which belongs to one of the most controversial topics in the modern history - 'The Aryans: their origin, culture and movements.' It all got started in India, when the British in India (India was a British colony for 150-200 years till the year of Indian independence & its partition into Pakistan, India and Bangladesh in the year 1947) discovered the linguistic similarities between several European, central Asian and north Indian languages. After years of research into the Indian history, culture, religion, literature, and excavation of the Indus valley civilization in the North-west India, the British (and a few other European scholars) concluded that the Aryans (concluded to be the fair skinned people from Caucasus region) got into India from the parts of modern Afghanistan and Iran, where they had settled earlier. They were thought to have invaded the north-west India, that is, the Indian valley civilization, subsequently defeating, massacaring the civilization's dark skinned inhabitants and driving them to the south of India, while making the north their own. Later, the Aryans classified the dark skinned original inhabitants or the Dravidians as the 'Shudra' or 'untouchable' class of the Indo-Aryan society, and classified themselves as the Brahmins (priestly or knowledgeable class), the Kshtriyas (warrior class) and the Vaishyas (the business class). The Brahmins were the most authoritative and respected. This above written Aryan Invasion theory (AIT), which is accepted by most European and Indian historians, has some more-than-serious flaws. These flaws (pointed by both - some European and many Indian historians) had been pointed out much earlier, but have gained much popularity and support since a few decades after the independence of India. These are as follows: 1) If the 'light skinned and mostly blonde haired and blue eyed' Aryans had really invaded India and settled here thereafter, then why are such people with pure Caucasian features rarely found in India now? If it is because of centuries of racial intermixing, then how come one can still find some quite dark skinned people in India but not central Asian/ European type 'white' skinned people in India? Even the light brown skinned people found in the far north of India in places like Kashmir aren't as fair as the 'Aryans' are considered to be. 2) The Aryans divided themselves into 3 classes. The fourth class was the lowly 'Shudra' class, explained by the European historians as the Aryan conquered Dravidians' class. By this logic, all the high castes, esp. the Brahmins had to be white/ light brown skinned and the people belonging to the 'Shudra' class had to be dark brown skinned. And yet, many dark skinned Brahmins and light skinned 'Shudras' can easily be found in India - both in north as well as south. And upon that, inter-caste marriages, esp. high and low caste ones, are still uncommon in almost all parts of India. Another point regarding castes is that - Valmiki, the writer of the great Indian epic 'Ramayana', was born a Shudra, but ultimately, by attaining the Brahminical aspect of knowledge earning, spiritual understanding and noble mannerisms, became a Brahmin. 'Ramayana' is the story (does not matter if it was factual or myth) of a Kshtriya (Aryan) prince of North India - Lord Rama, who at the climax of the story defeats and kills the demonic king of Sri Lanka (south of India) - Ravana. Now, even though Ravana was a Brahmin (Aryan) by caste, he is considered, in the Indian spiritual folklore, as an UnArya or a non-Aryan, on account of his demonic deeds. This all suggests that caste system, originally, was not rigid, and that, 'Aryan' was an open, attainable socio-spiritual status. 3) How come almost all the light brown skinned people in India (considered to be the descedants of the original Aryans) belong to the cold climate locations of India like Kashmir and Himachal and the dark brown skinned (considered to be the Dravidians themselves) belong to the warm climate locations? This suggests that skin colour in India has more do do with the climate and atmosphere of a particular region in India. 4) If the Aryans were outsiders in India, then why do their spiritual-cultural-social compilation 'The Vedas' do not mention any outside cities, rivers and mountains? Why do they only mention the places that are found in India, as their sacred most? Why not some place in Caucasus or Iran? Why don't the Vedas, which contain references to many battles, contain no reference to an 'invasion' of the land of Indus-Saraswati (India)? How come the modern descendants of Aryans in India have no recollection of their foreign origins? How come the descendants of Shudras (so called Dasas or Dasyus or Dravidians or indigenous race of India) have no recollection of an Aryan invasion of their land and their subsequent subjugation because of a defeat at the hands of the Aryans? 5) If the Dravidians' Indus valley civilization met its end at the hands of the invading Aryans, then how come no horse remains, broken chariots and burned buildings were discovered in and around the valley? 6) How come there was (and is) no conflict or confrontation of any kind between the people or north and south India, ever? How come Brahmins (the highest Aryan caste) are present at both the locations? They should have been concentrated in the north. According to an Anthropological survey of India report, the Brahmins of Tamil Nadu (especially the Iyengars) have physical traits that more in common with non-Brahmins in the state than with fellow Brahmins in western or northern India. Detailed anthropometric surveys carried out among the people of Uttar Pradesh, Gujrat, Maharashtra, Bengal and Tamil Nadu revealed significant regional differences within a caste and a closer resemblance between castes of different varnas within a region. 7) If Aryans were outsiders in India (and not the insiders), then how come 'Swastika' - an Aryan symbol - was found on some Indus valley seals? 8) The invading Aryans have been described as either nomadic or semi-nomadic people. It is difficult to imagine that any nomadic people could create anything even close to the complex Vedas. 9) India (or more specifically Hinduism which forms 80% of Indian population and which considers the Vedas as its highest spiritual-cultural-social authority and 'Swastika' as its religious symbol) does not have any oral or written account of any 'Aryan invasion' or any north-south or white-dark divide, past 3500-5000 years of its existence. Infact, the Britishers were the first ones to talk about all such things in India, to the utter shock of the Hindus. 10) Some historians claim an non-Indian origin for Aryans on the basis of languages; that: North Indian, Pakistani and Afghanistani languages are much similar to Central Asian, Iranian and European languages than to the ones that are spoken by South Indians. The former group of languages are termed as PIE (Proto Indo-European) and supposed by AIT theorists to have been created by the 'white' Aryans. However, there are many instances where no connection between genetics and linguistics was found; for example, Basques, a nation in the French-Spanish borderland which has preserved a pre-PIE language, has a high concentration of rhesus negative factor in its population. In comparison, the rhesus negative factor's concentration is much lower in the populations of India and Pakistan. Rhesus negative factor is a genetic one, which decides how genetically close a person is to the 'white Caucasian race'. Similar is the case with large portions of populations from Scotland, Baltic Area, Sami (Lapp) population of Northern Scandinavia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, etc. While these people are closer (than Indians and Pakistanis) to the white Caucasians in genetic formation and looks, they speak languages other than the PIE group of languages. So, while there generally is, but not a definite connection between languages and races. So, does that mean the Aryans were never to (or present in) India? No. The Aryans were definitely here. Because the Vedas were clearly written by the Aryans (mentioned as 'Arya' in the Vedas - this is the term from which the word 'Aryan' was derived) and they were clearly written in India only. This leaves us with this possible explanation about the origin of Aryans: Aryanism was a spiritual and cultural concept or revolution, which spread from North-West India to Afghanistan, Ganga-Yamuna plain, South India, Iran and from there on to Central Asia and finally to Europe, on the basis of cultural, spiritual, linguistic and social superiority mainly, not muscle power. Note: This is a highly controversial subject; and, for anyone who is interested, I suggest that he should do his own 'deep' research about the topic, before jumping on to any conclusion on the basis of any one book or article.
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