During the last two decades or so researchers in different Universities of Northeast India have revitalized inquiry into the region’s pre-colonial history. No doubt they have contributed in varying degrees to the collation and organization of relevant data for their chosen topics and hence provided additional information on the same. But much of the focus of research has been on cultural and political history with hardly any consideration for the socio-economic context in which various institutions emerged and developed. In this Volume, writers drawn from various parts of the region – both hills and plans, notwithstanding limitation of the areas covered – have tried to address themselves to the hitherto neglected aspects of study. The purpose is to work towards bringing about the integration of the socio-economic, cultural and political history at each area under study so as to arrive at a better understanding of (a) uneven developments within the region, and (b) how and why certain events and actions occurred during pre-British times. It is hoped that this overall effort will encourage further investigations into the intricacies of the peoples’ contacts among themselves within the region and the region’s inter-connectedness with happenings in South Asia and beyond.
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