Nishadas
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Nishada is a tribe mentioned in ancient Indian literature. The ancient texts mention several kingdoms ruled by this tribe.
Painting of Guha helping Rama to cross the river Ganga
Untouchability
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Untouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social gr
Nishadas
…in the forests. However, the later Shrauta texts suggest that they were gradually assimilated into the Indo-Aryan society, and were not considered as untouchable at this time. For example: The Apastamba-Shrauta-Sutra and the Latyayana-Shrauta-Sutra indicate that the Nishadas lived in villages: the performance…
B. R. Ambedkar with the leaders and activists of the All India Untouchable Women Conference held at Nagpur in 1942