Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2015

UNTOUCHABLITY: SOME REVIEW

Dr. Pralhad V Chengte

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Untouchability is one of the major problems of our country. It has its roots in the Indian society that is based on the caste system. The castes are further divided into sub-castes. The people of the lowest caste are treated untouchables. They do not belong to the fold of Hinduism. Nobody knows exactly about the origin of untouchability or the caste system itself. Some historians try to trace the origin of the caste system to the Vedas, the ancient religious books of the Hindus. The Purusa Sukta in the Rig Veda describes the creation of four Vernas namely, the Brahmin, the Kshatriya, the Vaishya and the Shudra. The indigenous people were outside the Verna system. They continued to fight against the invading Aryans. But they were subjugated in the long run. In order to preserve the purity of blood, social interaction was prohibited with the members of the vanquished group. Those who did not follow the rule or violated it were forced to live away from the dominating group. Such people became outcastes and later untouchables. An attempt is made in this paper to present untouchability of some review.

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Dr.Pralhad V Chengte Untouchablity: Some Review Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 12 December 2015

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