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Jiang differentiates Yamnaya conquest outcomes by local circumstance: genocide in Britain, male-line replacement in Spain, and caste hierarchy rather than full genocide in India.
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Caste
Jiang describes the Hindu hierarchy as priests/Brahmins at the top, warriors and kings below them, farmers and merchants below that, and servants and laborers at the bottom, with skin color also differentiating the system.
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Jiang describes the Hindu hierarchy as priests/Brahmins at the top, warriors and kings below them, farmers and merchants below that, and servants and laborers at the bottom, with skin color also differentiating the system.
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"And they steal your woman. Okay? That's what young men do, guys. All right. And over time, what they will do is slowly establish..."
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"...there was not much of a genocide. But we had a caste system created because of that."
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"Okay? And we know because if you look at the upper caste, they all spoke Indo -European. If you look at the lower caste..."
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"Okay? That is the one of the basic ideas of Hinduism. Another really important idea of Hinduism is this entire process is being meditated..."
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"...able to rise up in the ranks regardless of class or caste. Okay? And they were selfless. They were always the first in battle...."
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"...is basically revolution. Right? The idea of class, the idea of caste, the idea of tribal loyalties goes against the will of God. Because..."
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"Okay? And this is where we get the caste system from in India. Alright? So this is a more subtle explanation of the Indo..."
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"...do the Brahmins do? Do you guys know? They create the caste system. Okay? After the rise of Buddhism Hinduism started to implement what..."
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