Few sanskrit texts about the caste system. This was added because readers had doubt that castes were mentioned in Book of Hindu Law.
We all think a Hindu is a person who practices Hinduism – for this is what a person outside of India thinks. Historically, the term described the people living near the Indus river and beyond. But a closer look at the definition from an Indian hardcore hindu means something different. The “Indian” version of the term Hindu recognizes a Hindu as someone who is NOT a Muslim or a Christian or a Zoroastrian or a Jew, etc. That means anyone who’s religion was founded outside the “current” border of India is a non-hindu. This clearly means that right-wing hindu groups consider followers of current form of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism or, Animism and other forms of worship of Indian tribes as Hindus (even though, for example, a Buddhist or a Sikh may not share this hardcore hindu view of being a hindu) – the concept made popular by…
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Revelations of the Other World 