Tribes and Castes of Manipur

The present volume attempts to provide a brief description of the State of Manipur, its districts and also brief ethnological accounts of different tribes and castes of Manipur, its districts and also brief ethnological accounts of different tribes and castes of Manipur. This book also covers almost all bibliographical works on Manipur including its tribes and castes. The introductory chapter describes the main aspects of Geography, Agriculture, Forest, Geology, Historical and Political Administration, Village and Tribal Council, anthropological and Sociological aspects of the Aimol, Anal, Chiru, Chothe, Kabul, Kacha Naga, Maram, Mao, Maring, Moyon, Paite, Tangkhul, Thadou, Meithei, Loi, Bishnupriya, Pangan etc. and also many other tribes and castes of Manipur. The book also gives first comprehensive descriptive notes on many other aspects of Manipur and its people. It is a multi-disciplinary Bibliographical work which enlists 2585 uptodate references on Manipor, its tribes and castes. The book fills an important gap which existed in the absence of an independent bibliography on the state of Manipur. This covers almost all comprehensive inventory research source materials from Monographs, Articles, Dissertations, Reports, proceedings etc. of Pre- and Post-Independence period from the year 1803to 1988. It is hoped this exhaustive bibliography will definitely assist the scholars to locate the available documents on different aspects of Manipur, its tribes and castes relating to their Anthropology, Sociology, Politics, Religion, Linguistics Economics, Psychology etc. The Addendum brings this bibliography absolutely up-to-date, while the Author index makes consultation easy. In the third chapter, it brings appendix portion with glossary of Words, Short Notes etc. which are also much helpful. Several detailed maps, photographs, a couple of sketches and tables provide other attractive features of the book. Such a valuable reference tool can also be used as a general guide book by all. This will be a proud possession of academic, public and private Libraries and will facilitate the task of researchers, social workers, policy makers and of course the general readers who may be interested in the study of Manipur and its tribes and castes.