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What jobs did each of the ancient Indian hierarchies perform?

Ancient India practiced a social hierarchy, and there were four major castes: Brahmins - the monastic class of ancient India, the first of the four castes; Kshatriyas - the second class, belonging to the warrior class, was the military and political power of the military and administrative aristocratic group, the King kings usually belonged to this caste; Vaishnavas - the third class, members of the general Aryan commune, mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, commerce, labor and other occupations of the common people; Shudras - mostly subjugated non-Aryans, but also lost the status of commune Aryans The Shudras - mostly conquered non-Aryans, but also Aryans who had lost their communal membership - were engaged in a variety of occupations that were then considered lowly, most of which were close to the status of slaves, and had no right to participate in Aryan religious practices.