Has written eighty articles and edited three books on the movement among Untouchables in India led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, on saint-poets of the medieval period, and on the current Ambedkar-inspired Buddhist movement.

Also: Annual Ambedkar Lecture at Manchester Metropolitan University (U.K.) on October 14, 2005 entitled "Dr. Ambedkar's worldview and caste inequality."

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

[Untouchable Saints]

Book: Untouchable Saints: An Indian Phenomenon (https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no43098.htm), edited with Rohini Mokashi- Punekar. New Delhi: Manohar, 2005.

Articles:
"Relating to the Voices of India's Untouchables," in the AsiaNetwork Exchange. XI:3 Spring 2004.
"Caste in Contemporary India," in Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture , and Practice. Edited by Robin Rinehart. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2004: 243-271.
"A Note on Bhakti Poetry," in The Oxford India Ramanujan, edited by Molly Daniels- Ramanujan. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004: 1-8.
"Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar" for the sixty volume new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
"Untouchables (Dalits) for the Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., 2004.
"Untouchability," for the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004.
"A Maharashtrian Buddhist Family: The Kambles of Pune," in Family Diversity in India: Patterns, Practices and Ethos, edited by P.K. Roy. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 2003.
Presented paper, "The Search for Chokhamela" in Heidelberg, Germany, 2003.
Presented paper, "Ambedkar, the Frustrated Economist" at a conference in Puna, India, 2003.
Three lectures, University of Pennsylvania, "Ambedkar and the Search for a Meaningful Buddhism," "The Untouchable Women Saints of the Medieval period and the Value of that Gender Study for History," and "Gandhi and Ambedkar," 2003.
Growing Up Untouchable: A Dalit Autobiography, Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. This is the first Dalit (ex-Untouchable) literary work to be published in the U.S. Gail Omvedt, a Carleton graduate now a citizen of India, did the translation from the Marathi. Professor Zelliot did the introduction (she has known Vasant Moon since 1964), a glossary, and biographical notes on all the people he mentions, supplied the photos, and mothered it through the press.
From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement, New Delhi: Manohar, 3rd edition 2001 (1992)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

"Buddhism and Politics in Maharastra," in Donald E. Smith. ed., South Asian Politics and Religion. Princeton University, 1966. Paperback edition, 1969.
"Background of the Mahar Buddhist Conversion," in Robert Sakai, ed., Studies on Asia, 1966. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1966.
"The Revival of Buddhism in India," in Asia, 10. Winter 1968.
"Gujarat" in Encyclopedia Americana, International Edition.
"Learning the Use of Political Means--The Mahars of Maharashtra," in Rajni Kothari, ed., Caste in Indian Politics. New Delhi: Allied, 1970. Reprinted 1973, 1985 (Orient Longman).|"The Nineteenth Century Background of Mahar and Non-Brahman Movements in Maharashtra," in The Indian Economic and Social History Review VII: 3 (1970), 397-415.
"Literary Images of the Indian City," in Richard G. Fox, ed., Urban India--Society, Space and Image. Durham: Duke, 1971.
"Gandhi and Ambedkar--A Study in Leadership," and "Bibliography on Untouchability," in J. Michael Mahar, ed., The Untouchables in Contemporary India. Tucson, University of Arizona, 1972. Reprinted as a pamphlet by Triratna Grantha Mala, Pune, 1983.
"Dr. Ambedkar and the Mahars," in Illustrated Weekly, XCII:14, April 2, 1972.
"The Medieval Bhakti Movement in History--An Essay on the Literature in English," in Bardwell L. Smith, ed., Hinduism--New Essays in the History of Religions. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1976 (Numen Series). Reprinted in 1982.
"Dalit Sahitya--The Historical Background" together with a translation of Maran Swast Hot Ahe (Death is Getting Cheaper) by Baburao Bagul from the Marathi, in Vagartha 12, 1976.
"The Psychological Dimension of the Buddhist Movement in India" in G.A. Oddie, ed., Religion in South Asia: Religious Conversion and Revival Movements in Medieval and Modern Times. New Delhi:, 1977.
"The Leadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar," in B.N. Pandey, ed., Leadership in South Asia. (University of London symposium) New Delhi: Vikas, 1977. Translated into Marathi as "Dr. Ambedkarance Netrutva" by Vasant Moon. Pune: Sugawa Prakashan, 1986.
"The American Experience of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar," in R.D. Suman, ed., Dr. Ambedkar: Pioneer of Human Rights. New Delhi: Bodhisattva Publications, Ambedkar Institute of Buddhist Studies, 1977.
"Dalit--New Cultural Context of an Old Marathi Word," in Clarence Maloney ed., Language and Civilization Change in South Asia (Volume XI of Contributions to Asian Studies): pp. 77-97. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978. Reprinted in Contemporary India (Professor Sirsikar Felicitation Volume.) Pune: Continental, 1982.
"Introduction to Dalit Poems," with Gail Omvedt. (Brief note, translations, and graphics.) Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars X: 3 (1978) cover, pp. 2-10.
Maps and texts for the following plates in A Historical Atlas of South Asia, edited by Joseph E. Schwartzberg. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978: Revolt of 1857, Political Events of the Nationalist Period, the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League and other Political Parties, Fiction depicting South Asian Life, the Daily Press, Religious Revival and Reform, the Growth of Lahore, Calcutta.
"Religion and Legitimation in the Mahar Movement," in Bardwell L. Smith, ed., Religion and Legitimation in South Asia. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978.
"The Indian Rediscovery of Buddhism, 1855-1956," in Studies in Pali and Buddhism, edited by A.K. Narain. (Jagdish Kashap Memorial Volume.) New Delhi: D.K. Publishers' Distributors, 1978.
"Journals of Indian History for the scholar, the student and the limited library." South Asia Library Notes and Queries (December 1978).
"Dalit Poetry"--a page of translations, with others, from the Marathi. Illustrated Weekly C:33 (1979), p. 15.
"Tradition and Innovation in the Contemporary Buddhist Movement in India," with Joanna Macy, in Studies in the History of Buddhism, edited by A.K. Narain. Delhi: B.R. Publication Corporation, 1980.
"British Nostalgia: The Long Look Back at Empire." (annotated bibliography) South Asia Library Notes and Queries, March, 1980.
"Chokhamela and Eknath: Two Bhakti Modes of Legitimacy for Modern Change," Journal of Asian and African Studies, XV: 1 & 2 (January-April 1980). Reprinted in Tradition and Modernity in Bhakti Movements, ed., Jayant Lele. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981.
"An Historical View of the Maharashtrian Intellectual and Social Change," South Asian Intellectuals and Social Change: A Study of the Role of Vernacular-Speaking Intellectuals, ed. by Yogendra K. Malik. Columbia, Mo.: South Asia Books, and New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, 1982. pp. 18-88.
A Marathi Sampler: Varied Voices in Contemporary Marathi Short Stories and Poetry, Journal of South Asian Literature, XVII:1 (Winter, Spring 1982) pp. 1-169, ed. by Eleanor Zelliot and Philip Engblom.
"A Medieval Encounter between Hindu and Muslim: Eknath's Drama-poem Hindu-turk samvad. in Fred Clothey, ed., Images of Man: Religion and Historical Process in South Asia, Madras: New Era, 1982.
"Gupta History and Literature: A Bibliographic Essay," with the assistance of Ann Whitfield, in Bardwell Smith, ed., Essays on Gupta Culture, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, dist. in the U.S. by South Asia Books, 1983.
"The World of Gundam Raul," an essay on the 13th century Maharashtrian world for Anne Feldhaus, The Deeds of God in Rddhipur. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.
"Buddhist Sects in Contemporary India: Identity and Organization," Pp. 94-110 in Identity and Division in Cults and Sects in South Asia. Proceedings of the South Asia Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, I: 1980-1981 (Edited by Peter Gaeffke and David A. Utz). Philadelphia: South Asia Regional Studies, 1984.
with Jayant Karve: translation of Ghashiram Kotwal (Marathi) by Vijay Tendulkar. Calcutta: Seagull Books, 1984. (New York production by Pan Asian Repertory Theater, 1985.)
consultant on Maharashtrian figure on the Peoples of South Asia map National Geographic Magazine, December 1984.
"The Buddhist Literature of Modern Maharashtra," in "Minorities: on Themselves, Hugh van Skyhawk, Editor. (South Asia Digest of Regional Writing, vol. 11, 1985). South Asian Institute, Heidelberg University, 1986.
"The Political Thought of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar," in Contemporary Indian Political Thought, edited by Thomas Pantham and Kenneth L. Deutsch. Delhi: Sage Publications, 1986.
"Dr. B.R. Ambedkar," and with Anne Feldhaus, "Marathi Religions," entries in Encyclopedia of Religion. Mircea Eliade, Editor. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
"Eknath's Barude: the Sant as link between Cultures," in The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India, ed. by Karine Schomer and W.H. McLeod. Berkeley: Religious Studies Series; Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1987.
"Four Radical Saints of Maharashtra" in Religion and Society in Maharashtra, edited by Milton Israel and N.K. Wagle. South Asian Papers No. 1. Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto, 1987.
Introduction for Palkhi by D.B. Mokashi, tr. Philip Engblom. Albany: New York State University Press, 1987.
The Experience of Hinduism, edited with Maxine Berntsen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.
"Untouchability.". Encyclopedia of Asian History. Chief Editor: Ainslee Embree. N.Y. Charles Scribners Sons, 1988. Shorter entries: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Republican Party.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: selections from his writings and comment for the revised edition of Sources of Indian Civilization, edited by Stephen Hay, New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
The Experience of Hinduism: Essays on Religion in Maharashtra. Edited by Eleanor Zelliot and Maxine Berntsen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.
"Congress and the Untouchables." In Congress and Indian Nationalism edited by Stanley Wolpert and Richard Sisson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988
"Dalit: New Perspectives on India's Untouchables," in Philip Oldenburg, ed., India Briefing: 1991. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.
From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement. New Delhi: Manohar, 1992.
Buddhist Women of the Contemporary Maharashtrian Conversion Movement," in José Cabezón, ed. for Buddhism, Sexuality and Gender. Albany: SUNY Press, 1992.
An Anthology of Dalit Literature (Poetry), edited by Mulk Raj Anand and Eleanor Zelliot. New Delhi: Gyan, 1992. (A wretchedly printed thing that I am hiding from almost everyone.)
"Dr. Ambedkar through Western Eyes" in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: The Emancipator of the Oppressed edited by K.N. Kadam. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1993.
"The Folklore of Pride: Three Components of Contemporary Dalit Belief," in Folk Culture, Folk Religion and Oral Traditions as a Component in Maharastrian Culture. Edited by Gunther D. Sontheimer. University of Heidelberg.
"Stri Dalit Sahitya: The New Voice of Women Poets," in Images of Women in Maharashtrian Religion and Society, ed. Anne Feldhaus. Albany: State University of New York Press.
"Cokhamela: Piety and Protest," in Bhakti Religion in North India: Community, Identity and Political Action, ed. David Lorenzen. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.
Entry for "Dr. B.R. Ambedkar," New Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford. 1996.