Think of classical India and images of an exotic land full of mysticism and rich in tradition immediately come to mind. Now let's think about classical Indian politics and the first thought that comes to mind, the infamous caste system. To better understand the caste system, one must know that at the time of its initial introduction the caste system was alien to classical India. This was actually the political system ordered by Aryan outsiders, Indo-European nomads who would settle and later integrate with classical India through the conquest of its eastern and southern regions, soon establishing a stable and partially unified administration and spreading its influence throughout classical India (Bentley & Ziegler 76-77). When the caste system, eventually renamed the varna [color] system by the Aryans, finally spread to classical India, it provided a very detailed social hierarchy between the Indian and Aryan peoples that included well-defined classes and roles for people, and labels concerning their respective class and role (Bentley & Ziegler 76-78). The question that can be hypothesized from this context is: how was such a discriminating system, which assigned semi-permanent unequal classes, justified? The answer lies in the philosophy practiced by classical India itself. From sacred texts, such as the Vedas and Upanishads, political declarations of the ruler, such as the edicts of Asoka, and Hindu texts, such as the laws of Manu and the Bhavagad-Gita. Classical Indian philosophy helped justify and enforce the varna [caste] system: explaining and defining people's roles, exaggerating the importance of dharma, karma, and moksha in relation to their roles, and ultimately dictating how one should act. .... middle of the paper ......ds, or even the dictations presented in the Laws of Manu, all these philosophies have helped to promote the notions of the role of people in society, the duties that must be fulfilled and the reasons to do so and the actions that should be performed regularly. By constantly repeating and reinforcing these concepts in people's minds, philosophy was able to embed itself in the mindset of every person in classical India. By eliminating the choice of whether or not to listen to these philosophies, through repeated teachings that one must follow dharma to find happiness, he ensured that total domination over a state was possible, regardless of whether the subjects were aware of it. Humans can learn a very important lesson from classical India: with enough pre-programming, any will could be forced upon a person, any thought entered with resonant positivity..