eBook | Tribal Demography In India: An attempt to understand India’s aboriginals, “the descendants of some of the original settlers and earliest inhabitants” – Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/tribaldemography031951mbp Tribal Demography In Indiaby Mamoria, C. BPublished [Allahabad] 1957Topics SOCIAL SCIENCES, Theories and methods in social sciences, Methods of the social sciencesPublisher Kitab MahalPages 182Language EnglishBook contributor Osmania University FOREWORDFor some strange reason, all the studies on Indian …

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The term Adivasi  (Adibasi) was coined in the 1930s. It refers to the various “indigenous peoples of India” (adi “original”, “earliest” –vasi “inhabitant”, “settler”): “Indigenous communities of India are commonly referred to as tribal or adivasi …

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HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT India’s indigenous communities are commonly known as Adivasi (“original inhabitants”), a term introduced in the early 20th century and subject to debate ever since: official reports and documents refer …

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Background information The original inhabitants of South Asia are known as Adivasi. Their lifestyle is generally marked by a profound respect for nature. It is this sense of harmony that …