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The 34 pages that link to Caste system in India, each with the reason it gives.

• BrahminNarrower topic: Brahmin identity is one element within this broader and varied social system.

• DalitNarrower topic: It provides the hierarchy within which Dalit exclusion developed.

• JatiNarrower topic: Jati is a principal local unit within caste relations in South Asia.

• SanskritizationNarrower topic: Sanskritization operates within caste hierarchies without necessarily abolishing them.

• UntouchabilityNarrower topic: Untouchability has been enforced within caste hierarchies, though practices vary across communities and regions.

• The God of Small ThingsNarrower topic: Caste makes Ammu and Velutha’s relationship a transgression with grave social consequences.

• KshatriyaNarrower topic: Kshatriya status operates within, but cannot summarize, India’s complex caste relations.

• ShudraNarrower topic: Shudra is interpreted within, but does not fully describe, caste relations.

• AyyankaliNarrower topic: The hierarchy supplied the wider structure his campaigns confronted.

• AyyavazhiNarrower topic: Ayyavazhi’s social setting included caste-based restrictions and struggles over dignity.