History of the People of Bastar

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The first six volumes on the ethnic history of Bastar, which were subtitled Social History of Chhattisgarh (1985), Lanka ki Khoj (1977), Prachina Bastar (1978), Adivasi Samantavad (1987), Tribal History (1988), and Bhumial (1991) give a comprehensive survey of the life journey of the primitive people in the Chakrakota Mandala which is now called Bastar in Middle India. These volumes probe into the social, economic and political life of the people who are now called Adivasis, right from the Middle Stone Age (25000 B.C.) to the 1777 A.D. The present volume is an extension of the previous volume. It describes the further changes which took place within the womb of the tribal communities of Bastar. It covers a period ranging from 1777 to 1947 of about two centuries. The present volume is a major break through on the people’s history of Bastar, being the first attempt to survey and assess the phases of rebellion which earned a distinctive character of its own, by virtue of militant outlook and methods. The twelve rebellions dealt with in this volume tell the story of suffering of the tribal people and their connected revolts against the oppressor. Here in Bastar it was a people’s determination to challenge the alien rule since the time of its inception until and unless it was uprooted from the soil – a long war rarely seen in any other region of the country.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR H L Shukla

H.L. Shukla (b. 1939) has created, and for forty years he has dominated the field of Indology and modern linguistics. By any criterion Shukla’s achievement is vast: he has published about seventy books and hundreds of articles. His mastery of a huge literature is awe-inspiring: in current affairs, in linguistics, history, archaeology: anthropology, sociology, psychology, folklorology. He doesn’t believe in heroes, but it is not surprising that for many he has become one. And there can be little disagreement that he has fulfilled his expressed hope that “I’ve done something decent with my life”. Dr. Shukla served as Professor and Head Department of Languages and Culture at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Currently he is engaged in Cultural Thesaurus of India.

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Title
History of the People of Bastar
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Edition
1st Ed.
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ISBN
8185616043
Length
xii+436p., Tables; Maps; Glossary; Index; 21cm
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