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245			_aMegalithic Traditions of North East India/ _cEdited by Queenbala Marak
260			_aNew Delhi _c2019
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500			_aCONTENTS Section- I: Regional Specifics 1. The Enchanting Monuments of Khasi-Jaintia Hills 2. Poumai Megalithic Types and their Functions 3. Origin, Affinties ad Chronology of Naga Megaliths 4. Construction of Megaliths by Karbis of Demoria 5. Ideological Basis of Megaliths in Mizo society 6. Langtsaok Tradition of Lepchas in Sikkim Section- II: Symbolic Nature of Megaliths 7. Megaliths, Materiality and Meaning 8. Monumentality, social Memories and the Idea of Landcape in Naga Megalithic Tradition 9. Mortuary Behaviour of the Jaintias of Meghalaya 10. The Sociology of Stones in Nagaland 11. From an Eastern 'Stonehenge' to a Strategic Market Place Section- III: Land, Changes and Continuity 12. Social Markers of the Garos: Looking at a Tradition Undergoing Change 13. Wood Engravings as a Cultural Memories of the Chakhesang Nagas 14. The Megaliths of Cherrapunjee in Changing Times Includes Index
650			_aHistory
650			_aHistory-North East India
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