Re: Caste System - Misconceptions about Hinduism
Caste System was created by people . It was a form of racism where light colored people from Middle East and Central Asia and Europe mistreated dark skinned people originally from Indian subcontinent. They added this to the Religion.
'Ancestral North Indians' (ANI), is genetically close to Middle Easterners, Central Asians, and Europeans, whereas the other, the 'Ancestral South Indians' (ASI), is as distinct from ANI and East Asians as they are from each other.
The social stratification existed right from early human divergence, some 50,000-60,000 years ago when initial settlement happened in India.