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This 15 page research paper offers a comprehensive overview and discussion of the ramifications of India's caste system and its gender relations, describing how these issues affect the social stratification of the country. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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rapidly from an economic standpoint, also faces numerous problems, such as the fact that many Indians live in conditions of extreme poverty. The following paper investigates how social stratification, specifically
in regards to caste and gender, affects this problem. Indian society, as a whole, is highly stratified, with its social hierarchy based on primarily on its caste hierarchy. However, factors
such as religious association, linguistic diversity and regional loyalty also play a role in the extreme stratification that characterizes this society (Chauhan, 2008). The focus of this investigation will be
on how caste and gender issues pertaining to social stratification intersect and, in so doing, affect poverty and human rights. Research for the paper will be conducted by accessing
scholarly, peer-reviewed sources, published within the last five years, which are available via the EBSCO databases, as well as the eLibrary online database. In the EBSCO databases, the writer/tutor will
access the following databases: Academic Search Complete; MasterFILE Premier; SocINDEX with Full Text; Business Source Compete; PsycARTICLES; PsycINFO and Regional Business News. In addition to these databases, the writer/tutor will
also access the CIA Factbook, in order to obtain a concise, reliable history of India and an overview of its government and current economic situation. Section I: Brief history
and overview of India India is home to one of the worlds largest populations and has a population that is ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse (Sharma, et al, 2009).
It is also the site of one of the worlds oldest civilization, as classical Indian culture developed after Aryan tribes migrated to the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C., merging with
the existent Dravidian culture ("South India," 2011). During the fourth and third centuries B.C., the Maurya Empire united most of South Asia under Ashoka. Under the Gupta dynasty, which
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