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'''Dalit''' (from {{lang-sa|दलित|dalita}} meaning "broken/scattered"), also some of them previously known as '''untouchables''', is the lowest stratum of the [[Caste system in India|castes in the Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-buddhist-texts-to-east-india-company-to-now-dalit-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/65678182.cms |title=From Buddhist texts to East India Company to now, 'Dalit' has come a long way |website=The Times of India|date=5 September 2018 }}</ref> Dalits were excluded from the four-fold [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] of the caste hierarchy and were seen as forming a [[avarna|fifth varna]], also known by the name of ''Panchama''. Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the ''[[Burakumin]]'' of [[Japan]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520959163 |page=113}}</ref> the ''[[Baekjeong]]'' of [[Korea]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective - Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6) |last=Sudrania |first=OP |date=9 September 2012 |work=ChakraNews.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}</ref> the [[Hukou|Hukou system]] of [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=China’s Hukou Reform in 2022: Do They Mean it this Time? |url=https://www.csis.org/blogs/new-perspectives-asia/chinas-hukou-reform-2022-do-they-mean-it-time-0 |website=CSIS |language=en |date=April 20, 2022 |first1=Eduardo |last1=Jaramillo }}</ref> and the peasant class of the medieval European [[Feudalism|feudalFeudal system]].<ref>''feodum'' – see {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA365 |title=The Cyclopedic Dictionary of Law |first1=Walter A. |last1=Shumaker |year=1901 |publisher=George Foster Longsdorf |pages=365, 1901 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, VA |year=2002 |isbn=978-1565856370 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}</ref>

Dalits predominantly follow [[Hinduism]], with significant populations of the adherents of [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. [[Scheduled Castes]] is the official term for Dalits, who get reservation under [[positive discrimination]], as per the [[constitution of India]].