NOTES ON HINDUISM AND SANTAL RELIGION: THE HINDUS AND THE SANTALS

There are almost 422 tribes and sub-tribes in dlfferent parts of the Indian sub-continent and constitute about 8% of its total population. The Santal is a large and homogeneous tribe in India, numbering about 4 millions, (34. 12% of the total population of the division as per 1981 census reportj.! T...

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Veröffentlicht: Dharmaram College 1994
In: Journal of Dharma
Jahr: 1994, Band: 19, Heft: 2, Seiten: 187-189
weitere Schlagwörter:B the Great Mountain
B Religion of the Santals
B Santals
B Sing Bonga
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Zusammenfassung:There are almost 422 tribes and sub-tribes in dlfferent parts of the Indian sub-continent and constitute about 8% of its total population. The Santal is a large and homogeneous tribe in India, numbering about 4 millions, (34. 12% of the total population of the division as per 1981 census reportj.! They were nomadic or semi - nomadic tribal people. But now the Santals are mainly agrarian with a'democratic-socialistic-moralistic'temperament. It is almost impossible to etermine the exact origin of the Santals. They may be from the pre-Dravidian aborigines, Dravidian tribe, Proto-Australoid tribe etc. The Santals, are distributed in West Bengal, Northern Orissa, Bihar, Assam and also in Bangaladesh. They have been linguistically classified as Kolarians. 'Santa!' is a distorted form of 'Saontar', This name came as they sojourned for several generations in the Saont or Samantabhumi.
ISSN:0253-7222
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma