Subba, T.B.

Politics of culture: a study of three Kirata communities in the eastern Himalayas/ T.B. Subba - Chennai: Orient Longman, 1999. - xiii, 138 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

List of Maps and Tables

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction
The Problem
Politics of Culture
The Fieldwork and the Field

2 Kiratas in the Past
Origin
Geographical Spread
Relationship with the Aryans
Kirata Dynasty

3 Delineation of the Kirata World
The People
History
Present Status of the Kiratas

4 Internal Organisation of the Kiratas
Political Organisation
Economic Organisation

5 Social Organisation of the Kiratas
The Family
Kinship

6 Kiratas and Other Social Categories
Kiratas and Tagadharis
Kiratas and Other Mongoloids
Kiratas and Untouchables
vi POLITICS OF CULTURE

7 Foundations of Kirata Nationalism
Culture
Language
Religion

8 Politics of Kirata Culture
Symbols of Unity or Difference?
Kirata Politics

9 Whither Kiratas?

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Himalaya Mountains Region
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