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Two big bloopers 1) Mongols never invaded India. Even though they reached river Sindh while hunting a Muslim ruler. They had deference towards India - the land

Two big bloopers 1) Mongols never invaded India. Even though they reached river Sindh while hunting a Muslim ruler. They had deference towards India - the land Buddhism arose from. Some historians say lack of grassland etc but they never came here. Even your Wiki link says the same except for the disingenuous headline. Kashmir was invaded my Muslims from Mongol captured regions not Mingols themselves. Mongols were not Muslims. 2) Show me the Sanskrit text of manusmriti talking about anything but the varna system. I have studied this in original Sanskrit and dont need cut/paste reference to bolster common but false propaganda from Wiki or WhatsApp university. Satmaye Jayate - truth is always victorious.

srean 4y ago
> Mongols never invaded India. Even though they reached river Sindh I agree with you and havent claimed otherwise (quoting myself: Mongols did not really get inside India although there were a few battles where some Mongol generals tested the borders.). Was responding to parent's claim that caste system was an artifact Mongol invasion. Not sure what relevance of them not being Muslims or the scarcity/search for grassland (both true statements) have anything to the topic though. > Show me the Sanskrit text of manusmriti talking about anything but the varna system. The word caste of course cannot occur in a sanskrit text. By caste one means the varna system of designating people into Brahmins, Kshatriya ... and others
- zozbot234 4y ago
  The varna is about individual callings or occupations, not caste as understood today in India. It also has its correlates elsewhere, e.g. in the Confucian "four occupations of the people" and the tripartite division in the West. Would you say that Europe had a caste system historically because of the definition of First, Second and Third Estates?
  - srean 4y ago
    > The varna is about individual callings or occupation, not caste as understood today in India. That's certainly what the caste denialist narrative desparately wants to paint. It certainly is not the consensus.
- pkphilip 4y ago
  Even the Govardhan Mutt Shankararcharya - one of the custodians of Advaita, argues clearly that the varna and jati are integral to Hinduism and he supports the caste system. You can find his videos on Youtube.

srean 4y ago

> Mongols never invaded India. Even though they reached river Sindh I agree with you and havent claimed otherwise (quoting myself: Mongols did not really get inside India although there were a few battles where some Mongol generals tested the borders.). Was responding to parent's claim that caste system was an artifact Mongol invasion. Not sure what relevance of them not being Muslims or the scarcity/search for grassland (both true statements) have anything to the topic though. > Show me the Sanskrit text of manusmriti talking about anything but the varna system. The word caste of course cannot occur in a sanskrit text. By caste one means the varna system of designating people into Brahmins, Kshatriya ... and others

zozbot234 4y ago
The varna is about individual callings or occupations, not caste as understood today in India. It also has its correlates elsewhere, e.g. in the Confucian "four occupations of the people" and the tripartite division in the West. Would you say that Europe had a caste system historically because of the definition of First, Second and Third Estates?
- srean 4y ago
  > The varna is about individual callings or occupation, not caste as understood today in India. That's certainly what the caste denialist narrative desparately wants to paint. It certainly is not the consensus.
pkphilip 4y ago
Even the Govardhan Mutt Shankararcharya - one of the custodians of Advaita, argues clearly that the varna and jati are integral to Hinduism and he supports the caste system. You can find his videos on Youtube.