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> 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 i
by srean 5y 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 5y agoThe 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 5y 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 5y agoEven 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.