Ambedkarites in Making: The Process of Awakening and Conversion to Buddhism among Non-Mahar Communities in Maharashtra
Scholars have presented Buddhist discourse in Maharashtra- the western part of India, as an expression of protest and emancipation of the former untouchable caste Mahar. But in the recent past, people from different social backgrounds belonging to non-Mahar castes have embraced Buddhism. Now it has...
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Brandeis University Library
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Caste |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/220 |