Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:

Which of the following was/were a strategy followed by Brahmanas to enforce Dharamsutras and Dharmashastras?

Options:

To assert that the Varna order was of divine origin.

They advised kings to ensure that these norms were followed within their kingdoms

They attempted to persuade people that their status was determined by birth.

All of the above

Correct Answer:

All of the above

Explanation:

The Brahmanas evolved two or three strategies for enforcing Dharamsutras and Dharmashastras norms. One, as we have just seen, was to assert that the varna order was of divine origin. Second, they advised kings to ensure that these norms were followed within their kingdoms. And third, they attempted to persuade people that their status was determined by birth. However, this was not always easy. So prescriptions were often reinforced by stories told in the Mahabharata and other texts.the Shudra was born.