The presence of Caste system in the Jain community has often been seen as a problem by the observers and scholars. The Jains denied the authority of the Vedas. Metaphysically Jainism emphasises that all souls are essentially the same. It has been repeatedly stressed that rank depends upon moral qualities rather than purity of birth. In the early period, in fact, there was strong tendency in Jain tradition to counter caste system. Jainism was looked as the protest against caste exclusiveness. Ancient Jain literature did not mention the existence of the caste system in the Jain community. Jain religion as such does not recognise the castes in the community. At the same time the Jain texts do not specifically obstruct the observance of caste rules by the members of the Jain community. The Jain texts do not give much importance to them than to consider them as a social practice.