The book Dalits a Low Caste of Hinduism origins of caste and of untouchability lie deep in India’s ancient past and the evidence of those origins provided by the archaeological and literary sources now available, is at best circumstantial. According to Manu, the ancient Indian lawgiver untouchability is the punishment for miscegenation between a member of a high caste and that of a low caste or an outcaste. Over the past 50 years, one thus expects a ...
Socio-Economic Development of Dalits in India study that Dalits are commonly clustered together in segregated hamlets at the edge of a village. They are a small and vulnerable minority in any given region, making resistance to exploitation and violence very difficult. Dalits constitute over 16 percent of the total Indian population. The 1991 Census estimates the total dalit population in India at 138 million, and in Karnataka state as seven and ...