Brahmanism and the Origin of Caste System in the Indus Valley

A "dancing girl" statuette found in the Indus Valley. Circa 2500-3000 BC.
                                     

I submitted in my essay “The Ancient Connection between Brahmanism and Abramanism” that Brahmanism and Abramanism had the same origin, and that Brahma was the same mythical personage as Abraham, personifying the SUN. However, the thesis that the original Hindu/Brahmin-based caste system started when the nomadic Brahmin groups invaded India (i.e., Cusha Dwipa within, Indus Valley or Eastern Ethiopia), approximately five thousand years ago, might not be completely accurate. While it’s well-documented that the advent of Brahmanism or Hinduism coincided with the arrival of the nomadic Brahmin groups in India, the origin of the caste system in India remains an enigma.  

Be that as it may, having researched several studies on the origin of caste system in general, since castes exist in societies outside of India, I surmised with caution that the caste-system in India started before the Brahmin invasion, perhaps by the indigenous people themselves (i.e., the proto-inhabitants of the Indian sub-continent). I came into this conclusion when I realized that indigenous people, all over the world, practiced one form of caste system or the other. 

Looking at the caste systems that are practised around the world, I found out that some of these caste systems are religious based; some are occupational based, and others are ethnic based. For example, the Osu caste system practiced by the Igbo community and the Southern Cameroonians is religious based, while the Mande caste system practiced by the Senegambian societies is occupational based. My submission is that if the indigenous people in many societies around the world, outside of India, could conceive the caste system locally, independent of outsiders, then it’s not implausible that the proto-inhabitants of India could have started the caste system before the arrival of the nomadic Brahmins.

All in all, while it seems that the Caste system in India had local or indigenous origins. I’m inclined to say that this locally conceived system was later hijacked and corrupted into the Varna, Hindu-based hierarchical organization that is pervasive in rural India today.

References

J.Bamshad et al. “Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations.”

Vithal Rajan. “Dalits and the Caste System of India.”

Tia Ghose. “Genetic Study Reveals Origin of India’s Caste System.”