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Social Studies, 13.12.2021 03:30 jreasley3783

Study the excerpt and answer the question "But in order to protect this universe He (Brahma), the most resplendent one, assigned separate duties and occupations to those who sprang from his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet.
To Brahmins he assigned teaching and studying the Veda, sacrificing for their own benefit and for others, giving and accepting of alms.
The Kshatriya he commanded to protect the people, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study the Veda, and to abstain from attaching himself to... pleasures:
The Vaishya to tend cattle, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study the Veda, to trade, to lend money, and to cultivate land.
One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Sudra, to serve meekly even these other three castes,
-Laws of Manu, a collection of ancient sacred laws written in Sanskrit
According to the excerpt and your knowledge of history, which statement best summarizes effect did the system described above had on life in India?
O It outlined the roles and responsibilities people in each class had in their daily lives.
It demonstrated the importance of the Sudra and their prominence in Indian society.
It created a framework people could use to choose the jobs they wanted to pursue.
It represented the lack of religiousity in the everyday lives of people in Ancient India,

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