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Where would you locate the tribal community in the Varna system of India? Discuss.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Caste System

Tribes have no assigned place in the varna scheme, and have nonetheless been steadily drawn into it. They stand at the margin of the order and on a continuum with it, not at a fixed rung — position depends on land, chiefs and the history of contact.

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  • Outside varna in principle
  • Drawn in in practice
  • Two destinations, and a limit
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