| Publisher |
MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS |
| Publication Year |
2003 |
| ISBN-13 |
9788173041235 |
| ISBN-10 |
8173041237 |
| Binding |
Hardcover |
| Number of Pages |
472 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 |
| Weight (grms) |
975 |
The re-organization of Punjab Suba led to the rise of the Sikhs as the dominant community. Of the ninety-five communities studied under the People of India project in Punjab the Scheduled Castes form a major chunk. Whilw Punjabi is the most widely spoken language, followed by Hindi, sixteen othe languages are also spoken by local communities and immigrants, all belonging to the Indo-Aryan family.
K.S. Singh
K.S. Singh was a member of the Indian Administrative Service and spent many years serving among and studying tribal communites in Chota¬nagpur. He was Director of the Anthropological Survey of India (1976-7) and as such he planned and organized All-India surveys to generate the profiles of tribal society. He is the author of Birsa Munda and His Movement in Chotanagpur, two volumes of Tribal Movements in India (1983-4). He was Director-General of the Anthropological Survey of India and the Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalay.
K.S. Singh
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