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The oppression of the caste-less was not new: it is described in both Dharmasutras and Manusmriti. The English exploited it, certainly, but they didn't need to
by roguecoder 4y ago
The oppression of the caste-less was not new: it is described in both Dharmasutras and Manusmriti. The English exploited it, certainly, but they didn't need to invent it.
We wouldn't have all the saints of the Warkari tradition, who fought against caste oppression, without caste oppression to fight against.
- Gibbon1 4y agoI saw an abstract where they did genetic testing of various castes. They haven't intermarried significantly for ~2000 years. Newsy article discussing. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics-proves-indian-population-mixture https://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetics-proves-indian-populati...