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This book is a compilation of 24 oral epics collected and interpreted from the tribal district of Kalahandi in Odisha state India. The royal dynasties from Rajput lineage in Kalahandi were the Nagaand the Chauhans. Prior to the Naga and Chauhan rule in ancientKalahandi and Khariar kingdoms respectively, the Gonds, the Kondhsand the Bhunjias were the tribal rulers exercising their administrative power as the ruler of this region. The glorious history of the origin of the Naga and Chauhans is found in written form whereasthe tribal rulers had their own ethnic clan-bards to keep up theircaste history and genealogies. For this, the caste-bard or clan-bardwas patronised by the clan-master of their main castes/tribes. The noted folklorist Dr Mahendra Kumar MIshra has conducted stud in Kalahandi over 20 years and has written this book.

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Author

MAHENDRA KUMAR MISHRA

Publisher

NATIONAL FOLKLORE SUPPORT CENTER, CHENNAI

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9788190148191

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences