Analysis of Ancient Empires and Religious Movements

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Abstract

As religion lost its former vitality, the society also lost its earlier strength. Caste system destroyed the concept of human equality and divided men into sections. Sub-castes began to multiply in number.For vast majority of men, prevailing social systems were oppressive and painful. The lower classes such as the Sudras lived a life of degradation. The Kshatriyas and the Vaishyas, too, suffered from the domination of the Brahmins, and came to dislike the predominance of the latter.