Question : Discuss the contribution of S. C. Roy in the study of tribal cultures in India.
(2018)
Answer : Sarat Chandra Roy is considered as the Father of Indian Ethnography. He not only made valuable contribution in the study of human society and culture; he tried to popularize the subject of anthropology among the general readers.
Sarat Chandra Roy and Indian anthropology are not only regarded as the two conceptual expressions which fasten each other in a close-set reciprocity but these are identified as the inveterate configuration in the way of exuberant ....
Question : Compare and contrast the economic typology of tribes given by different anthropologists.
(2018)
Answer : The main difference between the civilizations and tribal life is the relationship with the nature. While civilizations try to replicate the same material culture to all the surroundings tribal groups respond by having a lifestyle according to the surroundings.
Therefore, the diversity of nature is reflected in the tribal world through wide divergence in the ethnic identities, socio-cultural practices, languages and subsistence system i.e., the economic system among various tribal communities.
This wide divergence in tribal way ....
Question : Discuss the contribution of Nirmal Kumar Bose to the understanding of Indian society.
(2017)
Answer : Nirmal Kumar Bose (22 January 1901 – 15 October 1972) was a leading Indian anthropologist, who played a formative role in “building an Indian Tradition in Anthropology”. A humanist scholar with a broad range of interests, he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi, he was imprisoned in 1931 during the Salt Satyagraha.
He served at a number of responsible positions like Advisor on ....
Question : Compare the contribution of L.P. Vidyarthi and D.N. Majumdar to the study of Indian tribes.
(2016)
Answer : L.P. Vidyarthi and D. N. Majumdar are two important names of Indian anthropology with many significant contributions to the development and progress of anthropology as subject and profession in India.Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi was a dynamic anthropologist of India who brought honour and glory to India and Indian anthropology. L. P. Vidyarthi was a student of D. N. Majumdar at Lucknow University, thus impact of D. N. Majumdar is quite visible on L. P. Vidyarthi in ....
Question : Discuss the contribution of M.N. Srinivas to the study of Indiansociety. Examine the influence of British social anthropologists on his ideas.
(2015)
Answer : The Indian village and village society remained a life-long focus of interest for Srinivas. Although he had made short visits to villages to conduct surveys and interviews, it was not until he did field work for a year at a village near Mysore that he really acquired first-hand knowledge of village society. The experience of field work proved to be decisive for his career and his intellectual path. Srinivas helped encourage and coordinate a major ....
Question : Discuss the contributions of S. C. Roy to understanding the tribes of India.
(2014)
Answer : His studies laid the foundation of anthropological knowledge of the tribal population of Bihar and adjacent areas. He started his investigation amongst the Mundas as early as the beginning of twentieth century and his findings began to be published right from the year 1907.
He studied extensively on Chotanagpur tribal and published its first monograph as ‘The Mundas and their Country’ in 1912.
Question : Examine the anthropological contributions dealing with tribes and Indian civilization.
(2013)
Answer : Tribal traditions and practices inform all aspects of Indian culture and civilization, yet this awareness is often lacking in popular consciousness, and the extent and import of tribal contributions to Indian philosophy, language and custom have often gone unrecognized, often underrated by historians and social scientists.
India’s regional languages developed as a result of the fusion of tribal languages with Sanskrit or Pali and virtually all the Indian languages have incorporated words from the vocabulary of ....
Question : Discuss the contributions of H. D. Sankalia to prehistoric anthropology in India.
(2013)
Answer : Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia (10 December, 1908 – 28 January, 1989) was an Indian archaeologist, specializing in Proto and Ancient Indian history. He is considered to have pioneered archaeological excavation techniques in India, with several significant discoveries from the prehistoric period to his credit. H.D. Sankalia (Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia) is one of the most important field oriented archaeological anthropologists from Deccan College. Along with others like Iravati Karve, he has discovered many prehistoric ....
Question : Assess the contributions of early 20th century ethnographic tradition to Indian anthropology.
(2013)
Answer : Ethnography is the scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences.
Ethnographies as texts offer excellent insights into how social anthropologists undertake their fieldwork, what it is like to experience daily life in an environment that may be initially unfamiliar, and the political, economic and social dynamics involved in collecting ‘data’.
By providing specific, in-depth case studies, they can serve as excellent means for teaching about global issues such as climate change, ....
