Sullivan Carrillo

History

10 August, 06:43

Which statement best describes the caste system?

a. social and religious classes developed after Aryans settled on the Ganges plain and later incorporated into Hindu beliefs

b. a teaching of Siddhartha Gautama based on his realization that the only way to avoid suffering is to follow the Eightfold Noble Path

c. an integral part of Hinduism that teaches that the gods will allow people who pray to the wheel of dharma to change their social standing

d. the Hindu belief that life is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, which ends only when a person reaches Nirvana