Caste is completely absent from Gandhi’s foundational text Hind Swaraj

Evidence

Other than the vague allusion to the idea of people following an ancestral occupation or trade that was rewarded by a “regulation wage”, caste is absent in Gandhi’s reverie. Though Gandhi later insisted that untouchability had troubled him since he was a boy, in Hind Swaraj he makes absolutely no mention of it. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 255

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s purpose on caste annihilation — Gandhi’s silence on caste here stands against Ambedkar’s entire project.