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An entire caste in india may use language education or religion to shift its status in the hierarchy such process is called

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The answer is sanskritization. Prof Srinivas presented this term to Indian Sociology. This refers to a procedure through which individuals of the lower castes cooperatively attempt to accept upper caste beliefs and practices to obtain higher position. It specifies a process of cultural mobility that is undertaking in the traditional social system of India.

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