Abstract
THIS is the fifth volume in a series of monographs on the aboriginal tribes of India, which Sarat Chandra Roy has in course of preparation, on a foundation of twenty-five years experience of the peoples of the central hill belt. The present volume is concerned with one of the few tribes which show in their different branches all the various stages of evolution from the wild tribes of the hills to the thoroughly Hinduised zamindars of the plains, some of whom have now progressed so far as to claim Rajput or Kshatriya descent. They are distributed widely over half a dozen provinces-Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Chota Nagpur, Assam, the United Provinces, Central Provinces and Madras. Here, however, the author deals, mainly with the hill tribes who, as he notes, are correctly classified in the last census as Kolarian. Culturally, they are Pre-Dravidian.
The Hill Bhiys of riss: with Comparative Notes on the Plains Bhiys
By Sarat Chandra Roy Pp. v + 320 + xxxviii + 17 plates. (Ranchi: Man in India Office, 1935.) 8 rupees.
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Archæology and Ethnology. Nature 136, 591 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136591b0
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