Brahmins did not invent castes. It was brought in by incoming people belonging to different cultures and nations into India . In India they were not forced or encouraged forcefully to lose their identity and culture unlike in the present day US or UK. Hence they continued with their culture i.e castes.
For example if you take TN alone and look jus the number of backward castes ( not sc , st or mbc ), we have 140 odd castes
http://www.tn.gov.in/department/bclist.htm
There are castes called as karpura chettiar , kasukkara chettiar etc . They mean camphor chettiar and cash chettiar-- chettiar is equivalent to seth in the north .
Now where in the hindu scriptures are such castes mentioned?
Nowhere. Clearly caste is not an invention of the Brahmins. The Brahmins only tired to integrate such people belonging to different culture groups called caste . They integrated them into Indian society.
RE:RE:castes not invented or created by brahmins
by veerapuram dharan on Apr 30, 2007 10:04 AM Permalink
i totally agree kums...brahmins are not the culprits for today's social divide..but its always the crooked minded ppl like the politicians hoo create this divide..in those days, it was the british and now, its the congress, laloo, mulayams, comies etc..
