Nomads of India

I am happy to introduce the Nomads of India to the younger generation, particularly teenagers. This is not a story book just for entertainment but a contribution to the knowledge of mankind. I have studied the nomadic communities of India and the world at large, travelling and conducting socio-anthropological researches in the Himalayas and various tribal belts in India and abroad. The readers may like to refer my other books for intensive studies on these people. Some books are: 'Nomads of the Himalayas', The World of Nomads', 'Roma-the Gypsy World', 'Shepherds of India', Tribal Women of India', 'Himalaya Ke Yayavar', 'Roma-Vishwa Ke Yayavar', etc.

I also consulted the studies and books on these subjects authored by eminent social scientists-Dr Donald Kenrick, Dr Rena Gropper, Dr Acton Thomas, Dr Ian Hancock, Dennis Binns, Dr Hristo Kyuchukov, Dr Nidhi Trehan and others.

When I was young, I travelled with these people as a researcher and a writer. In fact, in my childhood, I was amazed to see the nomadic life of the Gadia Luhars who used to travel from one village to another for selling their iron equipments. They would stay in one village for some time and then move to another village or town. They called themselves as the descendants of Maharana Pratap, the King of Chittor in Rajasthan. Their gotras are similar to those of Kshatriyas or Rajput communities viz. Sisodia, Rathore, Chauhan, etc. Different names and spellings of various castes and tribes are in use by anthropologists and historians, especially in the case of Gujjars. Therefore I have referred to them differently.

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