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<image:caption><![CDATA[ As per the 2011 Census, only 84.42 lakh of India’s 121 crore people were Buddhist, about 0.7 percent. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dalits convert to Buddhism primarily to escape deep-rooted caste discrimination, social ostracism, and violence embedded within the traditional Hindu social order.]]></image:caption>
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