Many modern scholars also doubt whether the simple varna system was ever more than a theoretical socioreligious ideal and have emphasized that the highly complex division of Hindu society into nearly 3,000 castes and subcastes was probably in place even in ancient times. ”
कुछ समय तक जातियों के बीच अंतर्विवाह होते थे, और त्वचा के रंग पर आधारित पुरानी पूर्वधारणाएँ कम हो गयीं ।