NOTES ON HINDUISM AND SANTAL RELIGION: THE HINDUS AND THE SANTALS
There are almost 422 tribes and sub-tribes in dlfferent parts of the Indian sub-continent and constitute about 8% of its total population. The Santal is a large and homogeneous tribe in India, numbering about 4 millions, (34. 12% of the total population of the division as per 1981 census reportj.! T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1994, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-189 |
| Further subjects: | B
the Great Mountain
B Religion of the Santals B Santals B Sing Bonga |
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| Summary: | There are almost 422 tribes and sub-tribes in dlfferent parts of the Indian sub-continent and constitute about 8% of its total population. The Santal is a large and homogeneous tribe in India, numbering about 4 millions, (34. 12% of the total population of the division as per 1981 census reportj.! They were nomadic or semi - nomadic tribal people. But now the Santals are mainly agrarian with a'democratic-socialistic-moralistic'temperament. It is almost impossible to etermine the exact origin of the Santals. They may be from the pre-Dravidian aborigines, Dravidian tribe, Proto-Australoid tribe etc. The Santals, are distributed in West Bengal, Northern Orissa, Bihar, Assam and also in Bangaladesh. They have been linguistically classified as Kolarians. 'Santa!' is a distorted form of 'Saontar', This name came as they sojourned for several generations in the Saont or Samantabhumi. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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