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| Name of the Collection | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Noteboooks of Prosenjit Dasgupta 1957-2014 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Travelogue and Field Visits Notebooks, 1973-2016 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | I.b).19 |
| Abstract | Contains field-notes, travel information, excerpts of the interviews conducted by Prosenjit Dasgupta during his visits in Ganjam and Bastar between 1978 and 1983. Includes first-hand experiences of Ghotul, marital rituals, and other important institutions of the Adivasi communities of Central India. Also, contains notes on forests, and animal sightings during Dasgupta’s trips to Bandhavgarh (1980, 1981), Kaziranga (1982), Gorumara (1983), Saranda (1983), and several useful abstracts of books by A.A. Dunbar, William Baze, A.B. Chaudhuri, John Mackinnon, B.C. Majumdar, Victor Turne on forestry, wildlife, ecology, animal behaviour, languages, religious and cultural lives of the indigenous tribes of Central Indian Highlands. |
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| Keywords | Icons photographed; Shamanism; Ecological Renaissance; Behavioural Ecology |
| Start Date “Period From” | 30-May-05 |
| End Date “Period To” | 06-Jun-05 |
| Extent | 150 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Handwritten |
| Language | English |
| Remarks | 5 photographs related to the Adivasi art and iconography are glued to the pages of the notebook |
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| Donor | Prosenjit Dasgupta |
| Donation Date | Jul-05 |
| Custodian | Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Rai, Sonipat |
| Right/Copyright | DONOR |
