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INDIAN Anthropology owes its origin to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. For the last two hundred years it has grown as an academic discipline, supported by an array of competent, and practicing anthropologists. Indeed, a lot of field and desk work has gone into to make Indian Anthropology a viable subject of study. This book presents the full range of study of Indian Anthropology between the covers. It takes into account the growth and concept of the subject to date. The tribal India being a special field of study receives full coverage. All important data and figures have been incorporated for authenticity. The book will serve as a standard work on Indian Anthropology and fulfil the syllabus requirement of the graduate, postgraduate and Competitive students. About The Author: Dr. Sachindra Narayan is a senior faculty member in Social Anthropology and Sociology at A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. A topper of B.A. Hons. in Anthropology and an M.A. from the University of Ranchi, he was chief of the SITE programme in Bihar State and received Distinguished Service Award of the Department of Space, Government of India. At present he is the Project Director of Planned Development among Sauria Paharia. He had written about one hundred and fifty articles in national and international academic journals. His books include Sacred Complexes in Deoghar and Rajgir, The Dwindling Hill Tribe, Dimensions of Tribal Development in Bihar and Buddhism at BodhGaya. He is also CoResearch Supervisor on Buddhism of Harvard University, U.S.A. Contents: Preface • GROWTH AND CONCEPTS • The Growth • Great and Little Tradition • Sacred Complex • Criticism • Univrasalisation and Parochialisation • TribeCaste Continuum • Dominant Caste • TRIBALS OF INDIA • Tribe • PROBLEMS OF TRIBAL PEOPLES • Land Alienation • Solution, Bihar • Indebtedness • Role of Money Lenders • Impact of Indebtedness • Legislations and Constitutional Steps • Lack of Educational Facilities • Traditional System •