In the late Vedic period, roughly 900 to 500 BC, the caste system was really a:
ATribal league
BGuild order
CVarna system
DJati hierarchy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Varna system
1. It had only four major divisions.
2. It was a varna system, not rigid or birth-based.
3. Rigidity came in the post-Vedic period.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Indian Society, Chapter 3, Social Institutions: Continuity and Change._
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