Hindu cosmology frames caste order breakdown and Shudra power gains as cosmic degeneracy.

Evidence

Brahminic Hinduism believes in cosmic time that has neither beginning nor end, and alternates between cycles of creation and cessation. Each Mahayuga consists of four yuga—Krta or Satya Yuga (the golden age), followed by Treta, Dwapara and Kali. Each era, shorter than the previous one, is said to be more degenerate and depraved than the preceding one. In Kali Yuga, there is disregard for varnashrama dharma—the Shudras and Untouchables wrest power—and chaos reigns, leading to complete destruction. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 589

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is the ideological enemy Ambedkar fights: cosmological justification that frames caste dissolution as apocalypse. Worth pursuing how this yuga-cosmology undergirds the orthodox resistance to annihilation.
• DEFINE: Clarifies the four-yuga structure and specifically how the Kali Yuga narrative weaponizes caste dissolution.