Dalit Buddhist Movement: Dalit, Buddhism, History of Buddhism in India, Buddhism in Nepal, Tibetan Buddhism, Humanistic Buddhism, Caste, B. R. Ambedkar
The Dalit Buddhist movement in India began with support of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks. It received an impetus with B. R. Ambedkar's call for conversion of Dalits to Buddhism in the context of a caste based society that considered them to be at the lower end of the hierarchy.
