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In india, the caste system has existed for many centuries because

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It benefits the people within indian society who have the power to change it. The caste system makes it easy to reserve jobs, educational, and political positions for people purely on the basis on the caste they were born into. This perpetuates a system of power being controlled by those who benefit from the caste system and wish to maintain it. 
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