Mahar, Buddhist, and Dalit
Author: Johannes Beltz
Publisher: Manohar Publishers
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9788173046209
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On 14 October 1956 Bhimrao Ambedkar, Born Into The Caste Of The `Untouchable` Mahars Converted In Nagpur To Buddhism. Several Thousand Mahars Followed Suit, In An Attempt To Protest Against Their Discrimination And Exploitation, And Seeking A New Beginning. Fifty Years Have Since Passed And Most Of The Former Mahars Now Consider Themselves Buddhists. This Study Aims To Analyse This Movement Of Religious Conversion.