A | B |
Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism |
Buddha | "the enlightened one" |
outcastes | untouchables |
jobs of the outcastes | street cleaning, toilet cleaning, disposing of the dead |
Brahmin | highest position in the Caste System |
Job of the Brahmin | priests, could study and teach holy text |
Vedas | holy text |
Kshatriya | under the Brahmins in the caste system |
jobs of the Kshatriya | warriors and rulers- to defend and govern the country |
Laws of Manu | set of guidelines that dictated each person's behavior in the Caste System |
Vaishya | third position in the Caste System under the Kshatriya |
Jobs of the Vaishya | farmers, merchants, and traders |
Shudra | lowest class of the Caste System |
Jobs of the Shudra | labor intensive workers: servants, craftsmen, laborers |
Brahma | god of creation |
blue | color for Shudra |
yellow | color for Vaishya |
red | color for Kshatriya |
white | color for Brahmin |