Editing BR Ambedkar (section)

== Writings ==

Ambedkar's writings are collected in:<br>
'''''Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and Speeches'''''<br>
First Edition: Education Department, Govt. of Maharashtra, 1979. Reprinted by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation in 2014 and 2019. [https://www.mea.gov.in/books-writings-of-ambedkar Freely available online].

The following is a very selective list of some of Ambedkar's key writings.
* Ambedkar, B.R. (1936). ''Annihilation of Caste''. In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 1. {{annotation|Originally an undelivered address prepared for the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal in Lahore, this is Ambedkar's most influential political tract, arguing that caste is sanctioned by Hindu scripture itself and cannot be reformed away without rejecting the religious authority of the Vedas and Shastras.}}
* Ambedkar, B.R. (1947). ''States and Minorities: What Are Their Rights and How to Secure Them in the Constitution of Free India''. In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 1. {{annotation|A constitutional memorandum proposing state ownership of key industries and collectivized agriculture alongside political safeguards for minorities, reflecting Ambedkar's statist economic programme.}}
* Ambedkar, B.R. (composed 1950s, unfinished; published 1987). "Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India". In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 3. {{annotation|An unfinished manuscript arguing that the historical decline of Buddhism in India resulted from a Brahminical "counter-revolution" that reimposed caste hierarchy; includes the chapter "The Decline and Fall of Buddhism."}}
* Ambedkar, B.R. (composed 1956; published 1957). ''The Buddha and His Dhamma''. In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 11. {{annotation|Ambedkar's systematic reconstruction of Buddhist doctrine as a rational, ethical, and socially engaged teaching purged of what he considered later monastic and metaphysical accretions; the foundational scriptural text of the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement.}}
* Ambedkar, B.R. (1956). "Buddha or Karl Marx". In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 3. {{annotation|Ambedkar's final completed essay, comparing Buddhism and Marxism as rival routes to the elimination of exploitation and arguing for the superiority of Buddhist ethical and democratic means over Marxist revolutionary violence.}}
* Ambedkar, B.R. (1956, October 14–15). "The Twenty-Two Vows". Delivered at the mass conversion ceremony, Nagpur. In ''Writings and Speeches'', Vol. 17, part III, pp. 530–2. {{annotation|The vows Ambedkar administered to his followers at the Nagpur conversion, renouncing Hindu deities, ritual, and caste practice and affirming Buddhist ethical principles; foundational to the self-understanding of the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement.}}