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About The Book: This excellent book presents history, culture, oral tradition, tribal history, their migration, the regional archaeological findings, anthropological findings, economy, religions ranging Shamanism to Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism propagated here by Padmasambhava during the eighth century AD. The book is the veritable motherbode of information. About The Author: Dr. B. Tripathy (Ed.), Head of the Department of History, Rajiv Gandhi Central University, Itanagar. Prof. S. Dutta (Ed.), Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Head, Department of History, Arunachal University., S. Dutta (ed.), is Reader Department of History, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar., Dr. B. Tripathy (ed.), Head of the Department of History, Rajiv Gandhi Central University, Itanagar. CONTENTS: Key Note AddressFolk Materials as Alternative Indigenous Sources for History of Arunachal Pradesh: J.B. Bhattacharyee • Historical Sources:P.K. Shukla • Reconstruction of Tribal History from Oral Tradition: N. Joykumar Singh • Historical Value of Indigenous Oral Tradition: N.T. Rikam • Oral Tradition: Gindu Borang • Oral Sources of the Mishing A Study of Origin and Migration: Lakhinath Pegu • Myth and Oral Tradition: Ashan Riddi • Sources of the History of the Arunachal Pradesh with Special Reference to Apa Taniis:Pura Tado • Geneaelogy as a Source of History A Case Study of the Apa Taniis: Nani Bath • Prehistoric Sources of Arunachal Pradesh: Byomakesh Tripathy, Ramesh Chandra Joshi • Excavated Sites of Arunachal Pradesh: Byomakesh Tripathy • Sources of Economic History of Arunachal Pradesh: J.B. Ganguly • Ahom Documents and their Importance as Source of History of Arunachal Pradesh: J.N. Phukan • Sources of the History of Arunachal Pradesh: I.S. Mumtaza• A Few Assamese Sources for the Study of the History of Precolonial Arunachal Pradesh: Jahnabi Gogoi • The Posa System: Sristidhar Dutta • Theravada Buddhist Sources of Arunachal Pradesh: Byomakesh Tripathy • Mahayana Buddhist Source