The volume is the first comprehensive study of the Ao-Naga Tribes of Assam. It deals with the Habitat and general characteristics of the people personal appearance and artificial adornments, domestic life, social organization, religion and magic, the place of the Ao naga in the human Family and the changes through contacts with more advanced peoples. J.H. Hutton in the introduction to this book says. "The importance of Prof.Smith's work is firstly the ...