The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?

Contents: 1. Untouchability among the non-Hindus. 2. Untouchability among the Hindus. 3. Problem of Habitat. 4. Old theories of the Origin of Untouchability New Theories of the Origin of Untouchability. 5. The New Theories and some Hard Questions. 6. 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.