what might happen to a man who violated caste rules? a) he would be jailed.

b) he would be sentenced to death.

c) he would become an untouchable.

d) he would be demoted to the next caste.

which time period is this? or is this story fictional, i'm going to need more info to answer this question

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.