• Dr. Revathy. V.S

The caste system in India based on four-fold varna system, means, divided the caste into to four significant divisions such as Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras while in Kerala the system was based on Brahmin- Sudra system, they were called the savarnas and treated them as ‘privileged’ and the lower castes, majority in numbers only, they were called avarnas and treated as ‘unprivileged’ and submissive groups. This dominant-submissive relationship based on caste was the yardstick to determine the tax of a person in Travancore. Caste in Kerala had two sharp edges as a boom and curse, the system was a boom to the upper castes and a curse to the lower castes.

Humiliation, Power, Subjugation, Tradition

"CASTE- BOOM OR CURSE, A PRECISE QUERY IN THE HISTORY OF TAXATION IN TRAVANCORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no.h304-h307, July-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407741.pdf

"CASTE- BOOM OR CURSE, A PRECISE QUERY IN THE HISTORY OF TAXATION IN TRAVANCORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no. pph304-h307, July-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407741.pdf