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The four-fold division of society is mentioned in

  1. Kalpa Sutra

  2. Samaveda

  3. Purusha-sukta of Rigveda

  4. Aitreya Brahmana
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Explanation

The four-fold division of society is mentioned in Purusa-sukta of Rigveda. The Rigveda culture was mainly pastoral. Purusha-sukta of Rigveda mentioned about the fourfold division of society. Contemporary students of Hindu society understand varna as an ancient fourfold arrangement of socioeconomic categories called the varnas, which is traced back to an oral tradition preserved in the Rigveda.

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