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This book seeks to examine the various aspects of life of Andaman Indians, popularly known as Locals, the descendants of the convicts and freedom fighters who were deported to the island. Giving a historical account of their settlement, it shows how these people overcame the cultural crises at the early phase of their settlement-life and formed a unique society where Christians, Hindus and Muslims adopted a strategy to keep the society of the Locals free from the ...
The Shompen of Great Nicobar Island are seminomadic forest dwellers of Mongoloid stock. This monograph by Dr. S.N.H. Rizvi is the outcome of four years of fieldwork and explores various aspects of Shompen life, including their identification population distribution, demographic features and state of health. Their social structure is examined in terms of the family, their life cycle from conception to death described along with associated rituals, and their ...