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Jagran sakhi magazine
Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 28 this means that while the four varna classification is common to all of india the jati hierarchy has more local classifications that vary from region to region. opinions also differ on the exact age of the caste system. it is generally agreed though that the four varna classification is roughly three thousand years old. however the caste system stood for different things in different time periods so that it is misleading to think of the same system continuing for three thousand years. in its earliest phase in the late vedic period roughly between 900 — 500 bc the caste system was really a varna system and consisted of only four major divisions. these divisions were not very elaborate or very rigid and they were not determined by birth. movement across the categories seems to have been not only possible but quite common jagran sakhi magazine subscription.