1. That individuals cannot be married who do not belong to the same caste.
2. That a man may not sit down to eat with another who is not of his own caste.
3. That his meals must be cooked either by persons of his own caste or a Brahmin.
4. That no man of an inferior caste is to touch his cooked rations, or the dishes in which they are served, or even to enter his cook room.
5. That no water or other liquid contaminated by the touch of a man of inferior caste can be made use of--rivers, tanks and other large sheets of water being, however, held to be incapable of defilement.
6. That articles of dry food, excepting rice, wheat, etc., do not become impure by passing through the hands of a man of inferior caste so long as they remain dry, but cannot be taken if they get wet or greased.
7. That certain prohibited articles, such as cows' flesh, pork, fowls, etc., are not to be taken.
8. That the ocean or any other of the boundaries of India cannot be crossed over.
The only acts which now lead to exclusion from castes are the following:
1. Embracing Christianity or Mohammedanism.