The border society: a study of network and linkage

Chanda, Sudhendu

ISBN: 9788185579580, 818557958X

The book aims to highlight the system of network of communication in the border society of West Bengal and Orissa.

Border Tagins of Arunachal Pradesh: unarmed expedition 1956

Krishnatry, SM (b.1921)

ISBN: 9788123744605, 8123744609

The book provides in incisive account of the first unarmed expedition of north-eastern frontiers of India along Tibet undertaken in 1956. It throws light on the lifestyle, folklore and socio-economic conditions as narrated from the diary of the author and his wife Geeta Krishnatry.

Borderland lives in Northern South Asia

Gellner, David N. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788125054238, 8125054235

This book provides valuable new ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. The collected essays portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India.

Born in Bigutar, Nepal: socio-economic relationships of a Brahmin-Bhujel Village, 1971-2001

Prindle, Peter Hodge

ISBN: 9799993303267, 9993303267

Bote of Nepal

Dhakal, Suresh et al.

ISBN: 9789937524629, 9937524628

This Ethnographic Research Series profiles Nepal's different ethnic and caste groups. It forms part of the larger Social Inclusion Atlas and Ethnographic Profile (SIA-EP) project recently undertaken by the Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology (CDSA) at Tribhuvan University.

Ancient society

Morgan, Lewis Henry

ISBN: 9789383723799, 9383723793

This bokk is a brilliant, significant and best known work of author who attempts to explain human culture. The author's refutation of the Book of Genesis, his theory of primitive promiscuity, his materialism, and his emphasis upon the role of property in the course of social evolution provoked heated opposition. This controversial classic work of anthropology is believed to be the first modern ...

Brokpas: the hidden highlanders of Bhutan

Chand, Raghubir

ISBN: 9788186246269, 8186246266

History of Nyachhyon Mulmi Clan

Nyachhyon, MohanGopal

ISBN: 9789937128049, 9937128048

This book is the English version of the book titled nyachyo mulmi khalahya itihas written in the Nepalibhasha / Newar language.

Buddhism and ethnicity in Sri Lanka: a historical analysis

Wickremeratne, Ananda

ISBN: 9780706994971, 0706994973

Buddhist art-objects in the museums of West Bengal

Chakrabarti, Saktirani

ISBN: 9788187661917, 8187661917

Museums bear the Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Folklore, History and Sociology of a nation. They form a bridge between formal and non-formal education through art-objects and audio-visual materials to promote learning, which would certainly be a respite from the monotonous usual teaching patterns.

The Buddhist Ramayana: Phra Lak Phra Lam, 2 vols. in 4 parts, original text, tr. and critical study, in English from Laotian language

ISBN: 9789380852492, 9380852495

This publication unfolds the Buddhist transformation of the Indian epic Ramayana, known as the Phra Lak Phra Lam or the Rama Jataka in Laos. The Laotian text is based on careful collating of six parallel palm-leaf manuscripts available in different monasteries of Laos. Its English translation and critical studies have been carried out in a broader comparative perspective rooted in socio-linguis...

The Buddhists: encyclopaedia of Buddhism, 5 vols.: A-Z, comp. and ed. by Subodh Kapoor

ISBN: 9788177550689, 8177550683

The work is alphabetically organised covering over 450 subjects and areas connected with all aspects of Buddhist history, theology, and philosophy as well as anthropology, mythology, folklore, psychology, economics, politics, sociology and its arts.

Development and tribes: contemporary issues and challenges

ISBN: 9789386611635, 9386611635

Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, New Series-General Section, Vol.II Part 2: The Sri Vaishnava Brahmans, by K Rangachari

Study of the traditions, customs and ceremonies of the people of Sri Vaishnava Brahmins as understood by those who adhere to them and interpreted by one of their members who is also an anthropologist.;

Business Brahmins: the Gauda Saraswat Brahmins of South Kanara

Tambs-Lyche, Harald

ISBN: 9788173049026, 8173049025

Story of a small town Udupi, in South Kanara, from the perspective of these 'Business Brahmins' and also present analysis of kinship, religion and community in a Brahmin caste.

Zo history and culture

Mung, Thang Sut

This book attempts to trace back the history and culture of the Zo (Zou in India) people, one of the Chin ethnic tribes in the Northern Chin State and parts of the Kabaw Valley in Myanmar.

Camel Karma: twenty years among India's camel nomads, with a foreword by HH Maharajah Shri Gaj Singhji

Kohler, Rollefson Ilse

ISBN: 9789384030636, 9384030635

The Raika of Rajasthan have had a unique and enduring relationship with camels. Their entire way of life revolves around looking after the needs of these animals which, in turn, provide them with sustenance, wealth and companionship. This is the story of the quest that follows to save a globally unique and humane animal culture and find a place for the camel in a rapidly changing India.

Caste and capitalism in colonial India: the Nattukottai Chettiars

Rudner, David West

ISBN: 9788121506816, 8121506816

Contents: (i) Concepts (ii) Business (iii) Ritual and kinship.;

Caste in Bengal border

Bhowmick, Probodh K (b.1926)

ISBN: 9788187661221, 8187661224

This book is a collection of essays published in different journals, periodicals, and books at different point of time.

Castes and tribes in India

Sharma, Anuradha

ISBN: 9788171695249, 8171695248

Contents: (i) Tribal demography (ii) Understanding the tribals (iii) Features of caste system (iv) Hill tribes of Northeast India (v) Influence of education (vi) The emerging situation in Nagaland