Book
Santals of the Santal Parganas
Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh • Delhi • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Biswas, Prophilla Chander.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a systematic account of the manners and customs, laws and government, religious beliefs, origin and ethnological affinities of the Santals of the Santal Parganas. Due consideration is paid to influences by Hinduism, as well as the impact of Christian missionaries upon the Santal way of life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Clans
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Santal
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; 1969-1970
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931-1934, 1944-1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- India
- NotesAdditional notes
- P. C. Biswas
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60017618
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Santal (South Asian people)