Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c5.s4.t6.9

c5.s4.t6.9

Below all these castes which might be classed comparatively as the higher castes of Hinduism, came the millions of ‘Untouchables’, also divided into castes of their own. Though the phenomenon of untouchability was not so acute in the North as it was in the South, its existence, as well as the existence of the exclusive feeling of the upper classes towards Untouchables is indisputable.⁵ This feature of Indian social life has by no means disappeared under the strain of modern conditions.⁶