
Identifier: | e_ea_0028 |
Title: | Untouchables |
Description: | Photograph of an Indian woman. Associated Press caption dated Dec. 27, 1978 reads: 'Close up of an untouchable woman who lives in the eastern state of Bihar, India photographed recently. Centuries ago the Aryn invaders set up a four tiered social system. Outside this caste system were the untouchables, A practice now outlawed by the Indian constitution but continued by tradition.' Associated Press photo |
State: | Bihar |
Country: | India |
Date: | circa 1978 |
Creator: | Adams, Eddie |
Source: | Adams (Eddie) Photographic Archive |
Publisher: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
Rights: | Please contact the Briscoe Center for further information regarding the use of this material. |
Box: | 2010-300/7 |
Folder: | Untouchables, India, #7025 |
Format: | Film negative |
Size: | 35 mm |
Subject: |
Economic & Social Conditions |