The Rashtrakutas and their Times c21.15
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c21.15
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c21.15
The above description of the Muslim writers raises several interesting points with reference to the position of the untouchables. Ibn Khurdadba and Al Idrisi mention only two untouchable castes, Sandālia and Lahūd or Zakya, which correspond with the Chandāla and the juggler classes of Alberuni. Were the remaining classes mentioned by Alberuni as untouchables really so, and if so, why does he divide them into two groups?