Politics of culture: a study of three Kirata communities in the eastern Himalayas/
T.B. Subba
- Chennai: Orient Longman, 1999.
- xiii, 138 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
List of Maps and Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction The Problem Politics of Culture The Fieldwork and the Field
2 Kiratas in the Past Origin Geographical Spread Relationship with the Aryans Kirata Dynasty
3 Delineation of the Kirata World The People History Present Status of the Kiratas
4 Internal Organisation of the Kiratas Political Organisation Economic Organisation
5 Social Organisation of the Kiratas The Family Kinship
6 Kiratas and Other Social Categories Kiratas and Tagadharis Kiratas and Other Mongoloids Kiratas and Untouchables vi POLITICS OF CULTURE
7 Foundations of Kirata Nationalism Culture Language Religion
8 Politics of Kirata Culture Symbols of Unity or Difference? Kirata Politics
9 Whither Kiratas?
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Himalaya Mountains Region Kiranti (Asian people) Civilization Civilization--Foreign influences