Abstract

The Study explores the contrasting perspectives of two prominent Indian figures Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on the caste system. While both were vocal critics of caste-based discrimination their ideological approaches and proposed solutions were markedly different. Savarkar a proponent of Hindutva viewed the caste system as a distortion of Hindu society that needed reform from within. He argued for the abolition of untouchability and the assimilation of lower castes into the broader Hindu fold yet he did not challenge the hierarchical structure of caste as fundamentally as Ambedkar did. Savarkar believed in cultural unity and the revival of a unified Hindu identity where caste distinctions would gradually diminish through social reform. In contrast Ambedkar a Dalit and a staunch advocate for the rights of the oppressed saw the caste system as an intrinsic and irredeemable flaw of Hinduism itself. He contended that the system was rooted in religious doctrine and was t