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Shudra

 or Sudra

Fourth and lowest of the varnas, or social classes, of Hindu India. Traditionally composed of artisans and labourers, it probably originally included all conquered peoples of the Indus civilization as they were assimilated into the caste system. Members are not permitted to participate in the upanayana and thus cannot study the Vedas. The high end of the Shudra includes some landowners; at the low end are untouchables. See also Brahman; Kshatriya; Vaishya.



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Examples are Mahatma Gandhi forced the Indian Society to change its belief of "Untouchability" of Shudras (poors & downtroddens in the pre-independent India) and Raj aram Mohan Roy got the Law enacted in India under British Rule against the custom of forcing widows to self-immolate on the burning pyre of their husbands.
These white tribes, who were known for their aggressive military techniques, gradually established a rigid, social order which, in effect, reduced the conquered black people, now called Shudras, to slaves.
The highest caste is Brahmans, followed by Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.
 
 
 
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