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Discuss the structure of the caste system as it developed from 1000 B.C.E. to the end of the Gupta period.
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Originally only three broad varnas: warriors, brahmans, and peasants; under kingdoms of Ganges plain social system became more rigid and more complex; varnas divided into castes; at top brahmans, warriors, and merchants; next peasants and artisans; at bottom the untouchables; status based on degree of pollution required in occupation of one's caste; by time of Guptas, restrictions against lower castes became harsher and more strict; status of women also declined by Gupta period.
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