Northeast India Through the Ages

A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Prehistory, History, and Oral History

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2022
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-0-367-74431-1 (ISBN)

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This volume explores the rich pre-history, history, and oral history of the North East region of India –– a land-locked region that is home to over 350 ethnolinguistic communities.

This volume explores the rich pre-history, history, and oral history of the northeast region of India––a land-locked region that is home to over 350 ethnolinguistic communities. Despite its uniqueness and diversity, little is known to the outside world. The book studies the vibrant and diverse socio-political and cultural history of this region through a transdisciplinary perspective, covering a wide range of topics such as the pre-history, medieval and colonial histories of Assam, the geopolitics of the creation of independent states from undivided Assam, oral narratives from Manipur, prehistoric cultures of Meghalaya, the Naga National Movement, Sikkim’s Namgyal dynasty, and Tripura’s transition from monarchy to democracy. It also discusses the invaluable contributions made by Professor Mohammad Taher (1931–2015), who laid the foundation of geography in Northeast India.

A compelling exploration of this geo-politically contested space, this volume will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology, archaeology, history, human geography, South Asian studies, and minority studies.

Rituparna Bhattacharyya is Senior Fellow, Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy), UK, who works as a research consultant and is Editor-in-Chief (joint) of the journal Space and Culture, India.

Foreword by Yasmin Saikia

1 Northeast India Through the Ages

Rituparna Bhattacharyya

2 Professor Mohammed Taher: A Brief Profile of his Life and Works

Abani Kumar Bhagabati

3 Assam from Prehistory to History

Sukanya Sharma

4 Revisiting the History of Medieval Assam

Sangeeta Gogoi

5 Assam in the Colonial Period

Barnali Sarma and Pooza Sharma

6 Reorganisation and Changing Territorial Framework of Assam since India’s Independence

Madhushree Das and Chandan Bhuyan

7 Prehistoric Dwellers of the Meghalaya Plateau

Queenbala Marak

8 A History of Meghalaya: A Saga of Three Fascinating Tribes

Amena N. Passah

9 Incorporation of Oral Tradition in Archaeological Studies in Nagaland: An Overview

Aokumla Walling

10 03 August 2015 Framework Agreement, Naga National Movement, and Confused Road Ahead

Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Ajay Prasad, and Sanjay Prasad

11 Oral Narratives of Manipur as the Source of Historical Reconstruction

Thounaojam Caesar

12 Manipur: The Sociocultural Continuum

Vijaylakshmi Brara

13 Mizoram through the Ages

Benjamin L. Saitluanga

14 Tripura’s Nuanced History to the Present

Mousami Debbarma

15 Sikkim through the Ages

Namita Chakma

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2022
Zusatzinfo	26 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Halftones, black and white; 34 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-74431-7 / 0367744317
ISBN-13	978-0-367-74431-1 / 9780367744311
Zustand	Neuware