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Provide an overview of the concept of jati.

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The flocks represented a group of tribes, clans, communities and religions in India. They are closed communities and often isolated in a certain populated place. This group had its own rules and laws. They retained their special identity even when they changed their faith from Islam and Christianity. It was a rural society that had its leaders. All of these groups had differences in culture, skills, ritual, language and way of dressing. Marriages were strictly restricted within their groups. They were not influenced by the external influences of economics, politics and history. They remained within group had their own personal stamp in India.

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