Dalit
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dalit-206-15483532
title:
Dalit
text:
Dalit is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varna of the caste hierarchy and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the Burakumin of Japan, the Baekjeong of Korea and the peasant class of the medieval European feudal system. Dalits p
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Marginalized castes in India and other South Asian countries
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit
date created:
2003-12-19T19:23:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:31:32Z
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13
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