First, when the British translated the Rig Veda, they attributed the caste system to the Purusha Sukta hymn which is found in the 10th Mandela of the Rig Veda.

India's caste system - the oldest social order in the world - divides society into four castes, and thousands of subcastes - based on traditional occupations. From 1200 BC to the present, The ...