Anti-Brahminism

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Anti-Brahminism is a term used in opposition to caste-based hierarchical social order which places Brahmins at its highest position.^{[1][web 1]} Initial expressions of Anti-Brahminism emerged from instances of pre-colonial opposition to the caste system in India, ideological influences during the colonial period,^[2] and from a colonialist Protestant Christian understanding of religion in the 19th century, which viewed "Brahminism" as a corrupted religion imposed on the Indian population.^[3]

Reformist Hindus, and also Ambedkar, structured their criticism along similar lines following the 19th century criticism of "Brahminism,"^[3] opposing the dominant position Brahmins had acquired by the time of British rule in the 19th century.

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