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    Some scholars believe that the relative ranking of other castes was fluid or differed from one place to another prior to the arrival of the British. Mobility across broad caste lines may have been "minimal" though subcastes (jatis) may change their social status over the generations by fission, relocation, and adoption of new rituals.

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    Some scholars believe that the relative ranking of other castes was fluid or differed from one place to another prior to the arrival of the British. Mobility across broad caste lines may have been "minimal" though subcastes (jatis) may change their social status over the generations by fission, relocation, and adoption of new rituals.

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    CompetitiveExams:MainFeaturesofCasteSystem:CasteMobilityExamrace

    Castemobility
    Somescholarsbelievethattherelativerankingofothercasteswasfluidordifferedfromoneplacetoanotherpriortothearrivalofthe
    British.SociologistssuchasBernardBuberandMarriottMcKimdescribehowtheperceptionofthecastesystemasastaticandtextual
    stratificationhasgivenwaytotheperceptionofthecastesystemasamoreprocessual,empiricalandcontextualstratification.Other
    sociologistssuchasY.BDamlehaveappliedtheoreticalmodelstoexplainmobilityandflexibilityinthecastesysteminIndia.According
    tothesescholars,groupsoflowercasteindividualscouldseektoelevatethestatusoftheircastebyattemptingtoemulatethepractices
    ofhighercastes.
    FlexibilityincastelawspermittedverylowcastereligiousclericssuchasValmikitocomposetheRamayana,whichbecameacentral
    workofHinduscripture.
    Accordingtosomepsychologists,mobilityacrossbroadcastelinesmayhavebeenminimalthoughsubcastes(jatis)maychangetheir
    socialstatusoverthegenerationsbyfission,relocation,andadoptionofnewrituals.
    SociologistMNSrinivashasalsodebatedthequestionofrigidityinCaste.InanethnographicstudyoftheCoorgsofKarnataka,he
    observedconsiderableflexibilityandmobilityintheircastehierarchies.Heassertsthatthecastesystemisfarfromarigidsystemin
    whichthepositionofeachcomponentcasteisfixedforalltime.Movementhasalwaysbeenpossible,andespeciallyinthemiddle
    regionsofthehierarchy.Itwasalwayspossibleforgroupsbornintoalowercastetorisetoahigherpositionbyadoptingvegetarianism
    andteetotalismi.e.adoptthecustomsofthehighercastes.Whiletheoreticallyforbiddentheprocesswasnotuncommoninpractice.
    Theconceptofsanskritization,ortheadoptionofuppercastenormsbythelowercastes,addressedtheactualcomplexityandfluidityof
    casterelations.
    HistoricalexamplesofmobilityintheIndianCasteSystemamongHindushavebeenresearched.Thereisalsoprecedentofcertain
    ShudrafamilieswithinthetemplesoftheSriVaishnavasectinSouthIndiaelevatingtheircaste.
    Thefactthatmanyofthedynastieswereofobscureoriginsuggestssomesocialmobility:apersonofanycaste,havingonceacquired
    politicalpower,couldalsoacquireagenealogyconnectinghimwiththetraditionallineagesandconferringKshatriyastatus.Anumberof
    newcastes,suchastheKayasthas(scribes)andKhatris(traders),arementionedinthesourcesofthisperiod.Accordingtothe
    Brahmanicsources,theyoriginatedfromintercastemarriages,butthisisclearlyanattemptatrationalizingtheirrankinthehierarchy.
    Manyofthesenewcastesplayedamajorroleinsociety.Thehierarchyofcastesdidnothaveauniformdistributionthroughoutthe
    country.KhatriappearstobeunquestionablyaPrakritisedformoftheSanskritKshatriya.

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