The Birhor belong to the Proto-Australoid racial stock. Ethnologically, they are akin to the Santals, Mundas, and Hos. After Indian independence, the government attempted to settle the Birhors by giving them land, bullocks for cultivation, agricultural implements and seeds. Schools for children, rope making centres and honey collection training centres were started. However, most of the Birhors eventually reverted back to nomadic life.[
Authors
- Collection
- Joel M. Halpern Papers
- Format
- Photographs Slides (photographs)
- Pages
- 1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
- Place Discussed
- India Jharkhand, India Uttar Pradesh, India
- Provider
- Digital Commonwealth
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- Local other: mufs001-ii-i0350
- Rights
- Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/83b09a14a4a753dfe0385274fee5f127
