CONTENTS: List of Tables, List of Abbreviations, Introduction-Yagati Chinna Rao and Raj Sekhar Basu, 1. Dalits and Martial Traditions: Historical Antecedents from Andhra- B Rama Chandra Reddy 2. Problematising Dalit History: Slavery in South India- P Sanal Mohan 3. On the Nature of Caste Violence: Pollution, Territoriality, and Madness- Priyadarshini Vijaisri 4. The Political Economy of Theyyam: A History of Use and Appropriation- Rajesh Komath 5. Education and Exclusion: Historically Situating the Marginalised in Kerala- Roshni Padmanabhan 6. From Derogation to Dignity: The Construction of Dalit Identity by Mala Mahanadu and Madiga Dandora in Andhra Pradesh- S Victor Babu 7. Popular Culture and Social Mobility among the Lower Orders of Colonial Bengal- Sudarshana Bhaumik 8. Leather-working Communities and their Dependent Castes: Patron–Client Relations in Telugu-Speaking Regions of South India- Thallapally Manohar 9. Non-Brahmin and Adi Dravida Politics: An Uneasy Story of Collaboration and Conflict in Early-Twentieth-Century Tamil Nadu- Raj Sekhar Basu, 10. The History and Politics of Dalit Sub-Classification in India- Yagati Chinna Rao, Note on the Contributors, Index.