In India, the caste system divides people based on their work and their backgrounds.

在印度，种姓制度根据人们的工作和背景对他们进行划分。

Traces of this division persist today in what is known as the " caste system" .

这种划分延续至今，被称为“种姓制度”。

So this section gives a divine explanation for the caste system.

所以这一段对种姓制度给出了神性的解释。

He was similarly critical of the caste system.

他同样强烈批判种姓制度。

He positioned himself, as a result, outside of the caste system.

因此 他把自己定位在种姓制度之外。

The caste system is one of India’s most enduring and fascinating institutions.

种姓制度是印度最持久、最迷人的制度之一。

I've lived with Indian Dalits who view Indian society from the perspective of their place at the bottom of the caste system.

我曾经和印度贱民生活在一起，他们只能从金字塔的底端仰望整个印度社会。

The caste system in its traditional form is a clear example of an extremely rigid, closed, and unequal system.

传统形式的种姓制度是极其僵化、封闭和不平等制度的一个明显例子。

The caste system becomes much more complicated than this, but that basic division into 4 classes remains throughout much of Indian history.

种姓制度变得比这复杂得多，但在印度历史的大部分时间里，这种基本分为 4 个等级的划分仍然存在。

And in everyday life, the caste system determined who you could interact with and how, with systems of social control restricting contact between lower and higher castes.

在日常生活中， 种姓制度决定了你可以与谁互动以及如何互动，社会控制系统限制了低种姓和高种姓之间的接触。

We see a variation of the caste system in feudal Europe with the division of society into three orders or estates: the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners.

我们看到封建欧洲种姓制度的变体，社会分为三个等级或等级：贵族、神职人员和平民。