The Untouchables

Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?
Untouchability among the Hindus • Problem of Habitat • Old theories of the Origin of Untouchability New Theories of the Origin of Untouchability • The New Theories and some Hard Questions • Untouchability and the Date of its Birth.
This book is a sequel to the author’s earlier book Who were the Shudras? How they came to be the Fourth Varna of the Indo-Aryan Society about three social classes, whose existence has not received the attention it deserves. It is a unique source of information for the academicians, scholars and researchers of political science, modern Indian history, social work, and of course, Dalit studies. Contents Untouchability among the non-Hindus.