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Chandra Prakash Deval, Rajasthani writer, critic and translator [12]; Vijaydan Detha (1926—2013), Rajasthani poet, writer and folklorist; author of 14-volume folklore collection Baatan Ri Phulwari, recipient of Padma Shree (2007) and Sahitya Akademi Award (1974) [13]
Charan (IAST: Cāraṇ; Sanskrit: चारण; Gujarati: ચારણ; Sindhi: چارڻ; IPA: cɑːrəɳə) is a caste in South Asia natively residing in the Rajasthan and Gujarat states of India, as well as the Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan.
Society in Bangladesh in the 1980s, with the exception of the Hindu caste system, was not rigidly stratified; rather, it was open, fluid, and diffused, without a cohesive social organization and social structure. Social class distinctions were mostly functional, however, and there was considerable mobility among classes.
Durga Charan Nag (Bengali: দুর্গাচরণ নাগ), better known as Nag Mahasaya (Mahasaya, “great soul”), was born in 1846 in the village of Deobhog (Narayanganj district) in East Bengal, now Bangladesh.
"Sindhis are not a caste-free society. My interviews show it is just a false claim". ThePrint "Popular Sindhi Surnames List". 2023-01-25; Buriro Sewhani, Khair Mohammad. "Zaatin Ji Encyclopaedia". "Sindhis - The Scattered Treasure | Sindhi Sangat". www.sindhisangat.com
According to M. N. Srinivas (1986) and R. K. Bhattacharya, Indian Hindu converts to Islam brought their caste system to the region's Muslim society. [12] Louis Dumont, however, believed that the Islamic conquerors adopted the Hindu caste system "as a compromise which they had to make in a predominantly Hindu environment." [13]
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In accordance with the Bhagavad-gita and in opposition to the modern Hindu caste system, Prabhupada taught that one’s varna, or occupational standing, should be understood in terms of one’s qualities and the work one actually does, not by one’s birth. [184] Moreover, devotional qualifications always supersede material ones. [185]