I do thank you for that information, and will check out the articles. I am very much aware about the Indian Caste System, which has the so-called "Untouchables", or Dalits at the bottom, a system still in existence today, however, I am less informed about Mohandas K. Gandhi's position on or involvement in that system. I think I've taken for granted that he (during his lifetime) would not have been in support of such oppression.
As an aside, Runoko Rashidi has arranged and presented some of the most brilliant and powerful presentations I've ever seen, dealing with the Afrikan presence in various parts of the world, including Asia and Australia. His presentation on the Australian Aboriginees is particularly fascinating, as well as the Tasmanians and Dalits. I did not intend at all to suggest that if he wrote the article, it was questionable. I simply like to get such unheard of information from a variety of sources, if it is not posed as a theory. But trust me, I would not discount findings presented by such a brilliant and diligent scholar as Brother Rashidi. I've learned a great deal of what I know about Afrikan History and the Diaspora from him.