https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01 en-us 2016-07-12 17:21:20 UTC 2025-12-24 03:46:06 UTC hello@padlet.com bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116290618 Law books: Scholarly, unlike a holy book

"They are distilled and codified through observation, experience, analysis, and the study of the Vedas, keeping in view the best interests of the humanity and society. Hence, they are not entirely without the flaws of humans. They are also not free from caste or racial bias. Hence, they are vulnerable to criticism from the modern standpoint."


http://hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/dharma/manusmriti.asp]]> 2016-07-12 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116290618 bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116293189 Of 18, Manusmriti (The work of Manu) is the most important. This is the one that justifies the caste system as keeping order and regularity in society.
        Many parts can be seen as outdated in modern society, they accept gender and social inequalities. "They acknowledge prevailing social and gender inequalities as natural conditions of human existence, and propose laws to govern the behavior of individuals without providing scope for any changes that time may bring

http://hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/dharma/manusmriti.asp (same as last)]]> 2016-07-12 19:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116293189 bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703247 "Early on, there were distinct classes of people — the priests, the nobility and the common people — but no mention of segregation or occupational restrictions. By about 3,000 years ago, the texts mention a fourth, lowest class: the Sudras. But it wasn't until about 100 B.C. that a holy text called the Manusmruti explicitly forbade interracial marriage across castes."
http://www.livescience.com/38751-genetic-study-reveals-caste-system-origins.html]]> 2016-07-20 15:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703247 bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703427 "different genetic populations in India began mixing about 4,200 years ago, but the mingling stopped around 1,900 years ago, according to the analysis published today (Aug. 8) in the American Journal of Human Genetics."
http://www.livescience.com/38751-genetic-study-reveals-caste-system-origins.html]]> 2016-07-20 15:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703427 bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703666  http://www.cell.com/ajhg/abstract/S0002-9297(13)00324-8 )]]> 2016-07-20 15:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116703666 bethanybaker555 https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116709824 They ordered themselves into 3 Varna based on position and jobs in society, the 4th came later. They brought this to India as well]]> 2016-07-20 18:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bethanybaker555/5xcvuduyip01/wish/116709824