India, on the other hand was most famous for its caste system. This is in opposition to China's meritocracy rewarding anyone and everyone based on their ability. In India, this wasn't true. The caste system bottomed out with the lowest caste and those in the lowest group could not ever succeed. By around 500 BCE, four classes, Varnas, which everyone was born into and remained in for the rest of their lives: at the high most point were the Brahmins who were priests, the second highest were the Kshatirya who were the warriors and rules who protected society, the third were the Vaisya class who were originally commoners who were farmers, merchants, and artisans. These three classes were called Aryans or those that were "twice born". Fourthly, far below the Aryans were the Sudras who were the native peoples regarding as the serving class for the higher classes. Lastly, these four classes were formed from the body of a god. Outside of the caste system were the "untouchables" who were even below the Sudras and worked in garbage. This is the system that people were born into in classical India.
I was interested about how the caste system has effected the youth of India. How they were able to get an education and success. Although we learned that the Untouchables who were much younger were unable to get the education they wanted.
