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ELI5: How did the Dalit (Untouchable caste of India) originate and were they always oppressed?

Had an Indian friend tell me that India's mistreatment of Dalit (Untouchable caste) was something the British empire enabled, how true is this?
gpt
I don't think it's true. You can blame the British for a lot of the troubles in India (or just about any other country in the world lol) but the Caste system has existed in India for hundreds of years.