India, April 12 -- The antecedents of caste are generally mired in speculation and popular mythography. Among modern scholars of the subject, the question of the past, and therefore that of religion, culture, and tradition, are placed within the curated Sanskritic or Indological stream. Contemporary scholarship on caste is dominated by the social sciences. The rise of democratic opportunities for the outcastes, along with self-reflection done at the state and societal level, has provoked a colourful curation of intellectual motifs within these disciplines....