He then sees endogamy as the only character of caste. But even he was confusing as the two characters which he explained are the “reverse sides of the same medal”. Ketkar according to him was good in approach as he depicted only those features which are essentials i.e. He strongly criticized Risley without using many words. Nesfield hadn’t explained the natural result of caste i.e. Senart, Ambedkar said had wrongly depicted the “idea of pollution” as a character of caste because it’s a character, only when the caste has religious flavor, which isn’t universal. He said that the former three were incorrect in approach and according to him “Their mistake lies in trying to define caste as an isolated unit by itself”. Ketkar and have discussed their definitions. He then introduced some students of caste i.e. Started by applauding cultural unity, he also depicts homogeneity as a hindrance in explaining caste. People initially were from different cultures, later unite together and which according to Ambedkar is a reason for the homogeneity in India. He highlights that many ethnologists have acknowledged the fact of Indian diversity. He politely accepted the fact of his incompetency to entirely deal with caste thus, he has discussed only its genesis, mechanism, and spread. However, Ambedkar was optimistic about cracking the mystery of caste. Very humbly he said that bigger minds than him have worked on caste but yet, it’s unexplained. Started by saying “I need hardly remind you of the complexity”, Ambedkar shows the obvious nature of caste. Briefly talking about all these, we’ll evaluate his work and try to do a rational review of this book. The whole work revolves around the idea of endogamy which he sees as a supporting wall behind caste. Ambedkar has tried to present the menace of caste in Hindu society and very critically examined the working, origin, and spread of caste. on the same topic by Columbia University. The next year, the paper was published in the 41 st volume of Indian Antiquary. Ambedkar at an anthropological seminar in New York in 1916. It’s originally a research paper on ethnology, presented by Dr.
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