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- The Vedic society was organized into four classes known as ‘Varna’, namely, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.
- The varna system is first mentioned in the tenth mandala (chapter) of the Rigveda.
- In the later Vedic period, the varna system lost its flexibility.
- Also, the caste system got rooted firmly by this period.
- In the beginning, the varna or the caste was decided by one’s occupation.
- Later it came to be determined on the basis of birth.
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