Here’s the order of the developments in the caste system in India, starting from the earliest to the most recent:
- A system of social classes = based on birth evolved.
- Castes are rigid and inflexible; = people are born into a caste and cannot leave it.
- Castes are a prominent part of people's lives, but people may = have been able to move.
- Discrimination based on caste = is determined to be illegal.