'Tribal ' heritage: an overlook chapter of Indian history/
Promode Kumar Misra
- USA; 2017.
- 542 p. PB
Tribe as a concept The word tribe Tribes in India.. Echo of the similar attitude. Isolationist and interdependent models Identity and language situation Languages of the Scheduled Tribes Features.. Endnotes. Chapter 2 Who are the people called tribes in India Earlier theories Harappan physical type. Peopling of India I Historian perspective Tribes in ancient Indian literature... Endnotes Chapter 3.. Indian Society and its Ethos. Food gatherers to food producers Badaga settlement in Nilgiris.. Bhumij case. Relational epistemology Continuity in thought pattern Tribes embedded in large society. Complex political history Autonomy within, Coercive cooperation Forest and hills held in reverence. How larger society reaches to forest dwellers How forest dwellers deal with larger society... Endnotes Chapter 4 Forest and Tribes in India Forest and human beings Forest in early India The story: Endnotes.. Chapter 5... Why trijunction Trijunction part of the Western Ghats Features of Western Ghats. Diversity of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.... Fluge contradictions Early history Social relations Endnotes Chapter 6., The Situation of the Scheduled Tribes Larger framework. The Scheduled Tribes at trijunction Conceptualizing variation Zvelebil's findings. Confusion regarding identity Three sub-regions, General features Habitats., Settlements & dwellings. Purity, pollution and hierarchy: Gods and goddesses: Problematic: Kurumba group., Endnotes. Chapter 7 Transformation at Trijunction Entry of colonial regime Commercial agriculture.. Area opened up Demographic. Urbanization. Resort industry and tourism Transport and communication Development activities and NGOs. Endnotes. Chapter 8 Hope and Despair The survey. Encounters