Caste system discrimination occurs when someone ... to cement political legitimacy and social status. These drew on ancient Hindu social stratifications that many scholars believe traded on ...

Until the modern age they have remained largely self-contained, endogamous (marrying within the tribe), physically distinctive in appearance and outside the Hindu caste system. Many retain their ...

Dalit – Member of what was traditionally considered to be the lowest caste in the Indian caste system. Previously referred ... one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India.