Preface. 

Contributors. 

General introduction/Nandu Ram. 

I. Ambedkar's thoughts and philosophy: 

1. B.R. Ambedkar and the reorganization of Indian states: critical appreciation/T.K. Oommen. 

2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: critique and reconstruction/Y.B. Damle. 

3. Liberty, equality, community: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision of a new social order/Gail Omvedt. 

4. Ambedkar abroad/Eleanor Zelliot. 

II. Dalits and their assertion: 

5. Towards understanding the Modern Dalit Movement/John C.B. Webster. 

6. Beyond "untouchability"?: challenging the primacy of the untouchables-caste Hindu divide/Simon R. Charsley. 

III.  Ambedkar, Dalits and Buddhism: 

7. Buddhist religion and indigenous cultures: some historical observations in regard to modern myths on new and Old Indian Buddhism/Edmund Weber. 

8. Engaged Buddhism and the roots of violence/Christopher S. Queen. 

9. From Bhakti to Buddhism: case of Dalits in North India/Maren Bellwinkel Schempp. 

Index.