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Subalterns and sovereigns an anthropological history of Bastar, 1854-1996 / Nandini Sundar. . — Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1997..

xxiv, 296 p. ill., maps 22 cm.

Introduction -- 1. Village Histories in South Bastar) -- 2. The Dialectics of Dussehra: Raja and Praja in the Bastar Polity) -- 3. 'We are Yours, but the Land is Ours': Kingship Contested -- 4. How did the Land become so Bitter? -- 5. In Search of Gunda Dhur: The Bhumkal of 1910 -- 6. The 'Tribal Question', 1927-1950 -- 7. The Congress and the King -- 8. The Baba and the Bhagats -- 9. Conclusion

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Social conditions--India--Bastar (District)
History--Bastar