A persistent discrimination problem in Indian society is traceable to the Vedic Age, which placed on the top of its social ladder:

a. Aryas, who spoke Dravidian and were pushed into the south.
b. Aryas, who were Indo-European and lighter skinned.
c. Dasas, who spoke Indo-European and lived in the north.
d. Dasas, who spoke an unrelated dialect that hasn't been translated.
e. a distraction allowed the Tamils to overthrow both.


ANSWER:
b
c

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