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and takes pride as belonging to a high family or caste will have to pass through lower existence or be born low in the estimation of others. In his view caste is the outcome of human pride and vanity. And even to-day go to India and look at the marble inscription in golden letters in the Jain temple at Chitor in Central India stating that eveu a chandala, low caste Hindu should not be prohibited from coming to that temple.
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