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| Article Name : | | | HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNTOUCHABILITY AND APPROACH OF THE CONSTITUTION TOWARDS IT | | Author Name : | | | Damodar M. Hake | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-5489 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The origin of a very inhuman practice of “untouchability” is dated back to the Vedic period. It is widely acknowledged that traditional Indian society was based on Varna and Jati.The Hindu caste system is based on a social hierarchy which assigns untouchables to the lowest gladder of the society. Traditionally, the caste system was divided into four classes, or Varnas, i.e. the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas and the Shudras. Varna system provided in Vedas and Shastras are the basis of the inhuman practice of “untouchability” M.N. Srinivas writes, "In the Rigvedic hymn Purushasukta, the four Varna or order formed the limbs of primeval man (Purusha), who was victim in the divine sacrifice which produced the cosmos. | | Keywords : | | |
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