Compare and contrast the social hierarchies of China and India.

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The Answer is Similarities:
•Both systems were based on inequality and social hierarchy.
•In both systems,birth determined status for most people.
•Cultural or religious traditions in both systems defined inequalities as natural,eternal,and ordained by the gods.
•Little social mobility was available for the vast majority in both systems.
•Slaves were not present in large numbers in either society.
Differences:
•The Indian caste system gave priority to religious status and ritual purity,while China's class system elevated political officials to the highest of elite positions.
•Indian society was divided into vast numbers of distinct social groups,compared to the fewer,but broader,categories of Chinese society.
•India's social groups were defined far more rigidly and with even less opportunity for social mobility than in China.

Compare and Contrast the Social Hierarchies of China and India