Shudra professions

 This is another popular Marxist unfounded libel against Brahmins.

The majority of Hindu Kings for the past 2500 years have been Shudras - and Shudras being professionals, artisans and craftsmen learned their trade from their fathers, uncles and other clansmen so how on earth did the Brahmins have the power to stop them learning?

These are the primary Shudra professions:-

Engineering (nagara-vāstu-śilpi) — civil works such building roads, bridges, dams, reservoirs, wells, etc
Metal works (karmakāra or karmāra) — ore-smelting, smithy, forging, manufacturing of weapons, agricultural implements, vessels, etc
Pottery (kumbhakāra or kulāla) — all kinds of vessels and containers as well as other public monuments
Carpentry, wood work, carving (takṣaka)
Stone masonary, sculptoring , (sthapati)
Weaving (paṭakāra or sūtrakāra or tantuvāya) — all kinds of textile and clothing manufacture
Construction (gṛha-vāstu-shilpi) — houses, temples, and other buildings
Cart-building & chariot-building (rathakāra)
Leather-workers, shoe manufacturers (carmakāra)
Goldsmiths, silversmiths – (suvarnakāra, rajatakāra)
Doctors (Vaidya), nurses, health-workers, beauty therapists, hair-dressers barbers etc.
So you can clearly see that civilized urban life and international trade would not have been possible in ancient India without the irreplaceable contribution of Shudras. Every other community in society, including Brahmins, depended on Shudras for all the basic commodities of everyday life. So why would the Brahmins want to stop them from studying?

And the other libel is that the Brahmins prevented the Shudras from studying Sanskrit. All the textbooks of the various professions like Architecture, Medicine, Sculpture, Dancing etc. are all written in Sanskrit so how would they be able to study their professions and flourish without knowing Sanskrit?

Also, until the 18th century, when the traditional education system of India was mostly undisturbed, every village in India had its own public-funded schools, and all children of the village received education. The composition of the children in these schools was 85% Shudras, 5% Brahmins and 10% remaining communities, and equal numbers of boys and girls. For a detailed study of this, please read the Beautiful Tree by Dharam Pal.