Tags: Ethnic Group.

The Mahar are an Indian community historically identified as Untouchables. They are found largely within Maharashtra where they comprise 10% of the population and neighboring states. As Untouchables they were assigned a very low status in Hinduism and as a result most of the Mahar community followed social reformer B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in the early 20th century.

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