Dalits

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141203
- info:lc/authorities/sh85141203
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85141203#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Depressed classes (South Asia)
- Harijans
- Scheduled castes (India)
- Untouchables
Broader Terms
- Caste--South Asia
- Ethnology--South Asia
Narrower Terms
- Bhangis
- Caṇḍālas
- Chamārs
- Ghasis
- Jatavs
- Kamar (Indic people)
- Musahars
- Panos
- Pariahs
- Pulayas
Related Terms
- India--Scheduled tribes
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11936669j
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4173338-1
Earlier Established Forms
- Untouchables
Sources
- found: Web. 3 (scheduled caste: untouchable; harijan: untouchable)
- found: LC database, Apr. 14, 2000 (dalits; depressed classes; harijans; scheduled castes; untouchables)
- found: Wikipedia, March 30, 2007 ("dalit" is the latest and most politically correct of many terms used for the former "untouchables" of India; dalites are also found in Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; in Pakistan, more than 60 percent of the 1.4 million person Hindu minority are Dalits)
LC Classification
- DS422.C3
- DS493.9.D24
Change Notes
- 2000-04-14: new
- 2007-05-05: revised

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