This book presents several unknown aspects of society in the Himalayan belt-the people, the culture, the religion and the political institutions.
The Himalayan ethnology has been described by dividing the Himalayan belt into two broad cultural sectors: the Pastoral Cultural Area and the Bamboo Cultural Area. Each cultural area covers the sub-culture of different tribes.
Social, cultural and religious syn thetic values are described in detail as these determine the secularity of the socio-cultural matrix.