Caste definition: endogamous hereditary social group with birth-based membership, occupational norms and hierarchical social rules. Caste denotes an endogamous, hereditary social group and the associated system characterised by membership determined by birth, prohibitions on ... Summary
Caste definition: endogamous hereditary social group with birth-based membership, occupational norms and hierarchical social rules.
Caste denotes an endogamous, hereditary social group and the associated system characterised by membership determined by birth, prohibitions on intermarriage, prescribed or customary occupations, hierarchical ordering and rules of commensality derived from custom, religion or law.
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