Question

Markandey Katju
29 m.
On my previous post
some people commented that
Hinduism treats all persons as equals.
Then what is caste system? What is looking down
on dalits ?
In theory Christianity and Islam treated all as
equals, though this was often not practised. But in
Hinduism even the theory propagates
discrimination through the caste system​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Dalit (from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered", Hindi: दलित, romanized: dalit, same meaning) is a name for people belonging to the lowest caste in India, characterised as "untouchable".[1] Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Dalits now profess various religious beliefs, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam and various other belief systems.

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