Who were the untouchables

for kids answer class 4​

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The untouchables were people who were looked down by the higher castes in India. They were the people belonging to the lower castes who did all the minimal work. They were called untouchables as the higher castes thought that touching them would make them impure. Mr. Gandhi (often referred to as the father of the nation in India) used to call them as 'Harijans' which translates to 'children of God'. Now, they are known as the dalits.

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answer: the correct answer is c.

explanation:

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion