Wild Tribes in India

The major purpose of this book is to bring to light those wild and aboriginal tribes who retreated to every inaccessible jungle, hill tract and fenland of the country and are to be seen there almost as isolated by manners, language and prejudices of race form the population by whom they were surrounded.

Mr. Dutt focuses on a broad arrangement of Indian population in two distinct divisions – the Aboriginals and the Immigrants. The undeniably ancient sacred books of the country are full of accounts of an indigenous population that existed prior to the races of the Sun and the Moon and the fierce conflicts they waged with the invaders of their hearths and home. The aboriginal tribes for the most part were vanquished and reduced to serfdom. But these were those who did not submit, who fought and receded till they reached inaccessible parts of the country. There is no reason to doubt that the wild tribes are the remnants to these stubborn people who did not yield.

Mr. Dutt beautifully illustrates these people’s origin, growth and status. In what way are their activities controlled or limited by their environment, their subsistence behaviors, habitat and resources available to them.

For any person seriously interested in India and Indian people, the book should have an immense value. The work will indeed be interesting to the anthropologist, sociologists, social scientists and administrators etc. apart from being useful to the students and scholars alike.