Natives Of Northern India

About the Book:- This concise volume is the authors attempt to describe the environment, race types, social and industrial life and the religious beliefs of the people of Northern India. When the author mentions Northern India he means all of the areas north of the Vindiya Mountians; it includes Jammu and Kashmir, the N.E. States, Punjab, Bengal, Rajasthan etc. Some notes are also offered on the NWFP and the Afghan tribes. This book wishes to attract the ordinary reader with a narration of the habits and customs of the people of the area mentioned. The book is divided into 16 chapters and some chapters offer observations on as many as 22 separate tribes. About the Author: - William Crooke was a British Orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and was educated at Erasmus Smith's Tipperary Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. Crooke joined the Indian Civil Service. While an administrator in India, he found abundant material for his researches in the ancient civilizations of the country. He found ample time to write much on the people of India, their religions, beliefs and customs. He was also an accomplished hunter. Although Crooke was a gifted administrator, his career in the ICS lasted only 25 years because of personality clashes with his superiors. He returned to England and in 1910, he was chosen to be the president of the Anthropological Section of the British Association. In 1911, having been for many years a member of the council of the Folklore Society, he was elected its president. Re-elected as president of the society in the following year, he then became the editor of its journal, Folk-lore, in 1915. He continued in this last position until his death at a nursing home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 25 October 1923. Crooke received various honours later in life, including degrees from the universities of Oxford and Dublin and a fellowship of the British Academy. The Title 'Natives Of Northern India written/authored/edited by W. Crooke', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9789353245542 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 349 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-