India's caste/jati system differ from contemporary class

Read the following paragraph:

Those whose conduct has been good, will quickly attain some good birth, the birth of a Brahmana (priest), or a Kshatriya (warrior), or a Vaisya (merchant). But those whose conduct has been evil, will quickly attain an evil birth, the birth of a dog, or a hog, or a Kandala (untouchable).

-Chandogya Upanishad

Then answer the following question, using the excerpt as a source:

How did India's caste/jati system differ from contemporary class structures in other parts of the world?

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