Mark each statement if it correctly describes the origins or major features of the caste system.

a.
in time a fifth group was added to the caste system--the untouchables.

b.
subcastes developed within the caste system.

c.
people in all classes had the same duties.

answers to all of the questions :)

number 1:

the Aryans brought a new language, Sanskrit, to the people they conquered in the Indus region.

The Aryans developed a system of social classes in the new region.

As the Aryans moved east and settled in the plains near the Ganges, they began to worship local gods in addition to their own gods.

question2:

In time a fifth group was added to the caste system--the untouchables.

Subcastes developed within the caste system.

question 3

The caste system developed partly because the Aryan invaders considered themselves superior to the darker-skinned people of the Indus

question 4

Life is a cycle of death and rebirth in which a person can be reborn into a higher caste if he leads a good life.

question 5

the Upanishads and the Vedas

i think it is the third one.

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