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untouchables  

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  • The term untouchable is an English translation for the Indian terms antyaja and achhoot and refers to individuals and groups who inhabit the bottom rung of the hierarchical Indian social order known as the caste system. It is a social status forced upon those who either allegedly made serious transgressions against established orthodox Hindu rules of purity and conduct, or because of the defiling nature of their occupations are considered unclean. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Untouchables]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-WF23R54J-D

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