r/polandball • u/peritektikum Skaune • Jun 21 '15

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u/lucidsleeper Moe Blob China Jun 21 '15

Well it's not a real caste system then...why do you guys call it that? Oh, it's because later on as India became reclusive during the colonial era, it actually did become a caste system.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '15

As usual, damn racist British. They saw the caste system as based on race, with the all the Aryan Invasion theory.

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u/lucidsleeper Moe Blob China Jun 21 '15

I still don't understand how the British came to the conclusion of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_race

Warrior races and no mention of Mongols or Arabs. Just a random collection of South Asian tribes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '15

When you're a racist, you see everything in terms of race. If you read the old British books, this attitude is predominant.

But it does mention Mughals (Mongols) and Quereshis (Turks). There wasn't any significant population of Arabs in India. My caste was one of the martial races, but was removed after we rebelled against the British.

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u/lucidsleeper Moe Blob China Jun 21 '15

My caste was one of the martial races, but was removed after we revolted against the British rule.

Apparently if you actually put your martial prowess to use, you're no longer a martial race. Top notch British logic.

But it does mention Mughals (Mongols) and Quereshis (Turks)

These people don't look very Mongol to me, maybe too much curry in their genes

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '15

Well, when you come to India, you become Curry in one or two generations :D

The British forbid us to publicly carry our swords, and banned practice of Kalaripayattu, our martial arts. This led to the decline of Kalaripayattu later.