This book tries to critically examine almost all the major aspects of the Ahom culture, on the basis of the empirical data supplemented by secondary sources of information. Providing a historical perspective, It analsyses the process of change which the Ahoms had to undergo to become what hey are today. It also makes an in-depth study of their social organization, with special emphasis on their commensal relations, beliefs and practices, rites and rituals, kinship and community life. The book will be of great interest to the scholars and students of culture studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nitul Kumar Gogoi
Dr. Nitul Kumar Gogoi (b. 1964) received his M.Sc (1987), M.Phil. (1989) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He is at present reader in the department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Shillong. He is at present reader in the department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dilbugarh. Dr. Gaogi is n experienced field worker and has worked among the Purum/Chothe of Manipur for his M.Phil dissertation, entitled “Issues in the Purum Debateâ€. He has also worked among the Assamese tai-Ahom group in Uppear Assam and the present book is the outcome of that study. Dr. Gogoi has published a number of research papers in various journals of repute and edited books. He has also presented papers in many national and international seminars. His thrust areas of research are mainly ethnicity, cultural ecology, medical anthropology, indigenous knowledge systems, folk-narratives, asocial reality etc.
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