<P> Ambedkar believed that the "Origin of Caste" was synonymous with "the Origin of the Mechanism for Endogamy" and he treated class and caste as neighbours, saying that "a caste is an Enclosed Class". </P> <P> For him, the "father" of the institution of caste could be the Brahmins who adopted a strictly endogamous matrimonial regime, leading other groups to do the same to emulate this self - proclaimed elite . The priestly class in all ancient civilizations are the originators of this "unnatural Institution" founded and maintained through unnatural means . </P>

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