The English-language Wikipedia article on the caste system in India, covering its Vedic roots and the colonial-construction historiographical debate. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Sources
Wikipedia: Caste System in India
Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)
This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 6 connected. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Institutions and Social Structures, 16 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 5 connected, 7 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
Well-attested
14Institutions and Social Structures
Scholarly debate
1Institutions and Social Structures
Connected
6Institutions and Social Structures
General References
8Institutions and Social Structures
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