Pre-Colonial Arunachal Pradesh: Society, Technology and Trade

Dr. Amrendra Kumar Thakur (b. 1962), lecturer, Department of History, Tirap Government College, Deomali, Arunachal Pradesh, has been teaching in Government Colleges of Arnachal Pradesh for more than a decade. Formerly, he was associated with College of Commerce, Patna, teaching upto the post-graduate standard. He has contributed more than three dozen papers in regional and national seminars, annual conferences of historians and journals of repute. He has eight scholarly books to his credit as the author, co-author, chief editor and member of editorial board. He was the member of the Executive Committee of the Indian History Congress for three Years (2000-2002) and The North-East India History Association for two years (20002-2001). Presently, he is the President of the Arunachal Pradesh College Teachers’ Association.