Did Manu create caste? Did Brahmans create caste?
Answer by Dr. Ambedkar
"One thing I want to impress upon you is that Manu did not Give the law of Caste and that he could not do so. Caste existed long before Manu. He was an upholder of it and therefore philosophised about it, +

but certainly he did not and could not ordain the present order of Hindu Society."
"Similar in argument is the theory that the Brahmans created the Caste. After what I have said regarding Manu, I need hardly say anything more, except to point out that it is incorrect +

in thought and malicious in intent. The Brahmans may have been guilty of many things, and I dare say they were, but the imposing of the caste system on the non-Brahman population was beyond their mettle."
Ref.: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's paper 'Castes in India'