The anthropological survey of India launched the People of India project on 2nd October 1985 to generate an anthropological profile of all communities fo Idnia, the impact on them of change and development process and the links that bring them together.As part of this all India project the ethnographic survey of all communities of present day Maharashtra was taken up in collaboration with local scholars. the results of the survey were discussed at the workshops held in Pune and Mumbai inMay 1986 and in Nagpur in September 1987 and November 1987. About Author : K S Singh is the former Director General, Abnthropological survey of IndiaB V Bhanu is a retired Professor in anthropoogy, Pune Unviersity, Pune. Contents : List of illustrationsA note on the seriesAcknowledgementsForewordA supplementary noteIntroductionThe communitiesA Bio anthropological NoteGlossarySelect BibliogrpahyMap Index
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