Book
Ancient Hindu refugees: Badaga social history 1550-1975
Mouton • 6 • Published In 1980 • Pages: 14, 285
By: Hockings, Paul.
Abstract
This source on Badaga social history between 1550 and 1975 is one of the primary sources in the Badaga file. The topics discussed by the author include clan and phratry legends of the Badaga migration from Mysore to the Nilgiri Plateau, place names and cultural ecology, social organization, the interdependence of Badaga communities with non-Badaga communities on the Nilgiri Plateau, economic history, political organization and law, the impact of culture contact, acculturation, and missionization, and religious and social change in the 20th century.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field Date
- 1962-1977
- Coverage Date
- 1550-1975
- Coverage Place
- Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu State, India
- Notes
- Paul Hockings
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and indexes
- LCCN
- 81150306
- LCSH
- Badaga (Indic people)