Cultural Setting

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Cultural Setting

ORIGIN OF MANKIND Subdivisions of the Human Species Race Ethnic Group HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF INDIAN SOCIETY THE CASTE SYSTEM Main Features of Castes Caste and Village Community Risley's Classification of Indian Races 1. Indo-Aryans 2. Dravidians 3. The Mongoloids 4. Aryo-Dravidian 5. The Mongolo-Dravidians 6. The Scytho-Dravidians 7. The Turko-Iranian Huttons's Classification 1. The Negritoes 2. The Proto-Australoids 3. The Early Mediterraneans 4. The Advanced Mediterranean 5. The Alpines or the Pre-Vedic Aryans 6. The Nordics or the Vedic Aryans 1. The Negritoes 2. Proto-Australoids 3. Mongoloids 4. The Mediterraneans SCHEDULED TRIBES The Main Scheduled Tribes 1. North East India 2. Bihar, Jharkhand, and IFest Bengal 3. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra 4. Odisha and Tamil Nadu 5. Gujarat 8. Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand 9. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir 10. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Economy 1. Hunting, Fishing, and Food Gathering 2. Shifting Cultivation 3. Sedentary Cultivation and Animal Husbandry Tribal Development The Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)The Tribal Research Institutes The Bhils The National Tribal Policy Some Important Tribes of India The Gonds The Santhals Geographical Distribution Cultural Regions of India Language as a Determinant of Cultural Region Concentration of Religious Groups DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN POPULATION India—Demographic Transition and Population Growth 1. Period of Stagnant Population 2. Period of Steady Growth of Population (1921-51)Distribution of Population

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