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David Kopf
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Question
Did British colonial powers invent the Indian caste system?
Position
British colonial powers disseminated the caste system
Argument
Academic generalizations helped the adoption of the caste system
“The work of integrating a vast collection of myths, beliefs, rituals, and laws into a coherent religion, and of shaping an amorphous heritage into a rational faith known now as “Hinduism” were endeavours initiated by Orientalists”
professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota
1 May 1980
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2054677
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