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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- De-Sanskritisation is the process by which lower castes or groups abandon Sanskritic cultural practices and assert distinct or pre-Brahmanical identities to resist upward caste emulation.
- How does De-Sanskritisation differ from Sanskritisation?
- Is religious conversion a form of De-Sanskritisation?
- Why is De-Sanskritisation relevant to the UPSC GS Paper 1 syllabus?
- Can Sanskritisation and De-Sanskritisation occur simultaneously?

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De-Sanskritisation is the process by which lower castes or groups abandon Sanskritic cultural practices and assert distinct or pre-Brahmanical identities to resist upward caste emulation.

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In 1956 at Nagpur, B. R. Ambedkar led the conversion of several hundred thousand Dalits to Buddhism, a definitive act of De-Sanskritisation rejecting Brahmanical Hinduism.

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