Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : V, Issue : VI, July - 2015

LEADING DALIT COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH INDIA-THEIR ORIGIN AND STATUS –A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

J. Sadayamuthu, None

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

The modern concept of Dalits –the sum total of untouchable castes .They constitute 18 percent of the total population of India, peculiarly enough , are treated as social untouchables for over a period of two thousand years. The word Dalit is a Sanskrit form of the ‘broken’ or ‘split’ from ascender. .The word, ‘Dalit’ in Marathi means ‘poor’ and ‘downtrodden’ They are known by different names at different stages in South India. They are at the lowest rung in the social hierarchy of the South Indian Society. Until the dawn of modern era , neither the civil leadership nor the government came forward to do anything for the wellbeing of the Dalits .They were identified on the basis of untouchability and exactly enumerated. Their population in the erstwhile Madras Presidency was 15.5%. This paper is an attempt to trace their origin, and their status in the past and present in South India. In this endeavor, the leading Dalit communities in South India are focused.

Keywords :

• Holeyas
• Holeyas
• Pulayas
• Malas
• Pulayas
• Valluvas
• Pulayas
• Pallas
• Madigas
• Paraiyas
• Chakkilias
• Pulayas
• Paraiyas
• Chakkilias
• Holeyas
• Pulayas
• Pulayas
• Valluvas
• Valluvas
• Malas
• Pulayas
• Pulayas
• Pallas
• Madigas
• Paraiyas
• Chakkilias
• Pulayas
• Holeyas
• Valluvas
• Malas
• Pulayas
• Pallas
• Madigas
• Holeyas
• Pulayas
• Holeyas
• Holeyas
• Malas
• Pulayas
• Pulayas
• Valluvas

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