Question

Who were chandalas?How were they treated in the Gupta period?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Chandala is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, traditionally considered to be untouchable.

The Chandala appeared in the society as early as the fifth century BC. ... He informs us that the Chandalas lived outside the village and dealt in meat and flesh. Whenever they entered the town the upper caste people kept themselves at a distance from them because the road was supposed to have been polluted by them.

Answer 2

Answer:

the lowest section of the Hindu society where the Chandalas the Chinese pilgrim fa-hien observed that the chandalas live outside the cities they were regarded as untouchables according to fa-hien whenever chandalas ine today City they struck a piece of wood on their forehead so that people would avoid touching them or brushing against them.

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