Rise of anthropology in India A Social science orientation

This is the first volume of a. study that aims to highlight some of the basic factors in the genesis and development of Social and
Cultural researches in India. this study is the first comprehensive attempt to record and review the researches that have been-conducted by the social scientists on Indian culture and society and is written with the anthropological bias.
The present volume is devoted exclusively to review the ethnographic and folkloric researches on tribal culture of the different
parts of India. A chapter on theoretical and methodological appraisal of the studies on the social change among the tribes of
India has also been included in this volume. The second volume evaluates the researches of Indian and foreign scholars in the fields of village, caste, urban and industrial, psycho social, religious as well as applied studies. It also includes biographical profiles of the eminent anthropologists of India. With such a comprehensive coverage both these volumes, taken together fulfil a long felt need in the field of Indian anthropological researches in particular and Indian Social Science in general. These volumes will be a welcome addition to the emerging knowledge on Indian Anthropological thought as well as its historical development.