Comparing Feudal System to Caste System

Both the Feudal and the Caste System stressed rankings in society and they each had a hierarchy. This however, was one of the many similarities and differences the two systems had. In the Caste system, people in each varna(social class) were born into his/her class and married within their own group. One could not move up the social ladder and one could only be one varna. In Feudalism, one could be a lord …

…lords in exchange had to raise armies of knights, the knights had to fight no matter what and the serfs worked for the lord their whole lives and were granted food and shelter in return. In the caste system, every person had their own dharma to fulfill, depending on their rank socially. The social systems of medieval Europe and India have many similarities and differences, even though they are across the globe from each other.