Correlation of terms <i>varna</i> and <i>caste (jati)</i> in forein sience.
At studying of history of Ancient India researchers meet a problem of definition of such concepts as «caste» and «varna». In given article the author results the most popular treatments of the given terms. Author analyzed works of foreign ideologists in which questions: when and in which Ancient Indian literature source there is a term «varna» for the first time; whether terms «varna» and «caste» in an Ancient Indian society were identified; whether always the term «varna» meant estate (, kshatrya, vaishya, shudra), and the term «jati» - a caste which has occurred from mixed marriages between representatives of four varns; how are correlate concepts «varna» and «caste» (jati) in modern India; are there varna in a modern Indian society? Article can be of interest for experts in history of India and other.