Given below is the sentence, which has been divided into five parts out of which the first part has been marked bold. It is then followed by five options which give the sequence of the rearranged parts. You must choose the option which gives the correct sequence of the parts. If the sentence is already arranged or the correct sequence does not match any of the given sequence, mark (e), i.e. 'None of the above' as your answer.

The fact that caste status / could persist independently of (A) / or power led some to believe that (B) / it was a solely ritual or ideal system (C) / actual occupation and wealth (D)