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Notes on the Khasis, Syntengs, and allied tribes inhabiting the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District in Assam

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal73 (4) (3) • Published In 1904 • Pages: 57-74 , plates

By: Gurdon, Philip Richard Thornhagh.

Abstract
Gurdon, Superintendent of Ethnology in Assam including the part that later became Meghalaya State, gives an excellent, concise resume of the Khasis and allied tribes of Assam. In this brief article, he describes adequately some characteristics of their language.
Subjects
Culture summary
culture
Khasi
HRAF PubDate
1996
Region
Asia
Sub Region
South Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Government Official
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
Helen Takacs ; 1956
Field Date
No date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Khasi and Jaintia Hills District in Meghalaya, India
Notes
Major P. R. T. Gurdon
LCCN
sv 90026719
LCSH
Khasi (Indic people)