castes

nepalese society is composed of several castes which have influenced social life and customs of the people.in fact caste system is very very old coming down from the aryans.in ancient times.the aryans had divided the society into four divison:brahmin,kshetriya,vaishya,and shudra.each class had separate duty.this divison of society was followed in nepal as well:during the malla rule,king jayasthiti malla made further divison of the caste.many subcastes were created on the basis of occupation.some of them are kshetri,salmi,joshi bajaracharya,kayastha,halwali,chitrakar e.t.c.like occupation,clothes,house and social custom of each caste had also been determined by him.the result of caste system provied harmful.a wide gulf was created between castes.theres were feelings of high born and low born.the people of lower class were considered untouchable.to consolidate the society.discrimination on caste was declared a punishable offense by the muluki ain in 2020bs.now people of every caste are eligible for any profession and any post in the government.
how ever,the feeling of casteism still exists in the mind of the orthodox people.