Synopsis This companion volume collection of articles , papers, excerpts, notes and commentaries attempts to bring together useful as well as interesting material on the tribal peoples of India- their ways of life, customs and traditions, cultural characteristic and artistic inheritance. More than an academic exercise, the present collection represents a vast range of sources of both published as well as unpublished material. The volumes are so structured as to be of value both collectively as a set and individually according to the State (s) concerned. Since students and scholars as well as other seriously interested people will find the volumes useful and readable. It is hoped that the present collection will add up to a meaningful addition to contemporary literature in anthropology and sociology.