| A long time ago, most Kshatriyas and Vaishyas ceased to perform the initiation ceremony in its full form. |
| Secondly, the relative importance of Parsees declined and the Gujrati and Marwari and Vaishyas emerged. |
| There is no Vaishya caste at present, but the bania caste are considered, perhaps incorrectly, to be descended from the Vaishyas. |
| Even Gita places women, Vaishyas and Shudras in the lower category and describes theirs as sinful birth. |
| Historically, the major castes across the subcontinent have included the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and the Shudras. |
| The Vaishyas had to pay tribute for the lands that they got from the Kshatriya nobles. |
