1.

Describe the duties of the Chandalas in the society having the vama system.

Answer»

According to the Manu Smriti, there were some duties of the chandals. 

1. The chandalas had to live outside the village. They used the discarded utensils and wore clothes of the dead. They also wore ornaments of iron. 

2. They could not walk about in village and cities at night. 

3. They had to dispose off the bodies of those who had no relatives. They served as the executioners.

4. They also performed polluting activities like handling corpses and dead animals. They were placed at the very bottom of the hierarchy.



Discussion

No Comment Found

Related InterviewSolutions