Caste systems had been operating in Europe as well [1]. But for the embracement, formalization and expansion of the caste system by the British it may have died

Caste systems had been operating in Europe as well [1]. But for the embracement, formalization and expansion of the caste system by the British it may have died down as it did elsewhere. [1] https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/Book%3A_Sociology_(Boundless)/08%3A_Global_Stratification_and_Inequality/8.01%3A_Systems_of_Stratification/8.1C%3A_Caste_Systems https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Intro...