With reference to the views of travellers about caste discrimination in India consider the following...........

Culture of India Religious beliefs and Practises

With reference to the views of travellers about caste discrimination in India, consider the following statements.

1. Chinese Buddhist monk Fa Xian wrote that untouchables had to sound a clapper in the streets so that people could avoid seeing them.

2. Korean pilgrim, Xuan Zang observed that executioners and scavengers were forced to live outside the city.

Which of the above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Statement 2: Xuan Zang was of Chinese origin, not Korean, so 2 is wrong.They observed this not only on the social conditions but also the rules laid down in texts like Manusmriti such as lower castes had to: live outside the village or wear clothes of the dead etc.