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999			_c185990 _d185990
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040			_cCUS
082			_a305.3891495 _bSUB/P
100			_aSubba, T.B. _94019
245		0	_aPolitics of culture: a study of three Kirata communities in the eastern Himalayas/ _cT.B. Subba
260			_aChennai: _bOrient Longman, _c1999.
300			_axiii, 138 p. : _bmaps ; _c23 cm.
505			_aList 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? Bibliography I ndex
650			_aHimalaya Mountains Region _93440
650			_aKiranti (Asian people) _910572
650			_aCivilization _91018
650			_aCivilization--Foreign influences _910573
942			_cWB16 _05