The Gond tribal peoples of central India first came to broad international notice as inhabitants of the remote wilderness described in Rudyard Kipling's famous 19* century Jungle Book novels. Yet, in India, the tribe's Pardhan Gond clan was already known for its great storytellers with their own tales to tell who served their people for centuries as itinerant professional bards, priests, genealogists, and oral historians. In recent years, numerous Pardhan ...
