Sonkamble, Uttam B.2019-09-252019-09-252013-12-1020122230-8407http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/197285Chokhamela in 14th century being recognised as the first Dalit poet of Maharashtra, the Dalit fervour continues even since six centuries as a result of expressions of the experiences of the communities being exploited and humiliated for centuries in the Indian caste-ridden Hindu society. With Chokhamela, the Dalit literature recognised and in to vogue in the contemporary age as a special branch of literature it is largely in written and published in regional Indian languages¸ it has the legacy of Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar. The impetus of the literature in Maharashtra and Ambedkarite thought is still the lifeblood of Dalit literatureengCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)DalitReligious ethicsMethods of ethicsPhilosophical ethicsArticle