What is the world’s longest surviving social hierarchy that encompasses a complex ranking of social groups on the basis of ritual purity?

a. American social system
b. Japanese caste system
c. English system of royalty
d. Hindu caste system
e. Buddhist caste system


ANSWER: d

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