Crystallisation of Caste in Frontier Bengal

Frontier Bengal’ signifies a very distinctive geo-physical setting sometimes with lateritic out crops, dwarf sal trees indicating the continuity with the Chhotanagpur plateau. This area has been crisscrossed by various rivers and rivulets flowing to east and south and finally coming to meet with the dancing bay. Surprisingly this region not only comprised the autochthonous groups of people but also gave shelter to many migrant communities. They did not go back to their birthplace but chose to stay in this tract for better security, peace and comfort. Their permanent accommodation enabled them to incorporate many local traits in their cultural dynamic. But some of their traditional community traits are still manifest in their day-to-day life. This book clearly depicts details of the nature of accommodation of these people in the local system with surviving traits as living memories.