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As per the caste system, if your parents were potters you could only become a potter.

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The above statement is True.
A caste system is a social framework that determines a person's social class based on birth. According to the Hindu shastras, India has four hereditary castes: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra. The members of these classes make their living through certain occupations, and the children born into their families follow suit, choosing the right profession for their caste or jati, upholding the hereditary occupational specialisation and the hierarchy of occupations. You, therefore, became a blacksmith if your father was one and a goldsmith if your father was one.

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