Marginalized Groups: Forest Dwellers & 'Untouchables'
The lives of forest dwellers, nomadic pastoralists, and the 'untouchables' as depicted in texts like the Manusmriti, and alternatives like Buddhism.
Key Questions
- Analyze how forest dwellers were perceived by settled agriculturalists.
- Explain the duties assigned to Chandalas in the Manusmriti and their social implications.
- Evaluate how Buddhism provided an alternative social framework to the Varna system.
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