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| Name of the Collection | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Noteboooks of Prosenjit Dasgupta 1957-2011 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Travelogue and Field Visits Notebooks, 1973-2013 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | I.b).16 |
| Abstract | Contains first-hand accounts on Dasgupta’s field-visits to Bastar, Betla and Burdwan between 1975 and 1977 including details on ritualistic, economic, cultural, and religious life of the indigenous communities like Malhar of Dariapur Village, Burdwan engaged in Dokra crafts. Also, contains valuable information on the works of anthropologist and biologists such as Bronisław Malinowski, Desmond Morris, R.F. Ewer, George B. Schaller, Thelma Rowell, and S.P. Shahi; notes on Helmut Gernsheim’s text on photography, and on Bishop Stephen Hislop’s tract ‘Papers relating to the Aboriginal Tribes of the Central Provinces’ (1866). |
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| Keywords | Primate Ethology; Bastar field notes; The Mountain Gorilla |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1975 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1977 |
| Extent | 108 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Handwritten |
| Language | English |
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| Donor | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
| Donation Date | Jul-05 |
| Custodian | Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Rai, Sonipat |
| Right/Copyright | DONOR |
