The origins and development of the early states and politics (technically termed by some scholars in social sciences as 'state formations') in pre-colonial Northeast India is considered a fascinating area for studies and research not only for the multiplicity of the autonomous socio-political entities and the ethnic and cultural diversity of the region but also for the existence of various typologies of polities. Besides the pristine (indigenously emerging from ethnic social base) and secondary (established by conquest) states that had developed into monarchies of kingdoms, there were a large number of other formations which were at various levels and development and some among which could have developed into early stated had the process and not been arrested by the colonial interventions in the nineteenth century. Early state in North-East India emerges form the papers presented in a national seminar organized by the Department of History, North East Hill University, Shillong, for an inter disciplinary study of the subject.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- The Contributors
- 1. Studies in State Formations in North East India
- 2. Pan-Indian Culture Continuum and Early States in North East India
- 3. State Formation in the Peripheral Areas: A Study of the Chutiya Kingdom of the Brahmaputra Valley
- 4. The Emergence of the Koch State in the 16th Century
- 5. ‘Early State’ Formation in the Kapili Valley of Assam
- 6. Secondary State Formation in Medieval North East India: Ahom State Formation (1228–1641)
- 7. Some Aspects of Military Technology in the Ahom State
- 8. The Matak Formation
- 9. History in Orality: Explanation of State Formation in Khasi-Jaintia Folk Narratives
- 10. The Fission and Fusion Process in the Khasi Political System
- 11. Crisis of Sustenance and Decline of the Ahom State in Eighteenth Century Assam
- 12. State Formation Processes in Tripura
- 13. Sat Rajas of Arunachal Pradesh: A Study
- 14. State Formation Processes among the Mizos in the Pre-colonial Times
- 15. Pre-Colonial Mizo Society: A Transit Between Tribes and States
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