Before continuing please refer my previous post.
As the time progressed the individuals from different castes
became restrictive and wary of sharing the knowledge beyond there own castes,
siblings, and sons. This restrictive sharing of knowledge resulted in
fragmentation of the society. Thus the caste system was born in which some
where oppressors and some oppressed.
During that time another change was taking place that is curbs on
the freedom of Indian women who before that period were free to participate in
the debates, rule the state, and marry the person of her choice regardless of
caste and creed. Women evolved from being an active participant to being only
housewife with less or no say in daily duties.
One thing which cannot be missed is that unlike all the other
countries of the world Indian civilization was most open to all school of thoughts
and chooses what it want and absorbs it and leaving the unwanted out. All major
religions are followed in India Buddhism, Christianity, Muslim, Sikhism,
Jainism, Zoroastrian, and Jewish. For all those who don’t know Hinduism is not
a religion its school of thought which is opens to all, except that some
individuals think that it’s exclusive and chose to close their mind.
Then the Europeans came who brought with them the new ideas,
spreading the European renaissances effect to Indian culture. The European influence
impacted India in a way unlike others as the European mindset was that its
knowledge base is superior and they are only traders, they isolated themselves
in their class and among there peoples only. The British started exploiting
people in order to support the Industrial revolution going on in England.
British system led to unequal division of labour and money in the society, thus
creating elites who were controlling more than their share of already debilitating
Indian economy.
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