Aadiwasi Tribes of India

Although considered uncivilised and primitive adivasis were usually not held to be intrinsically impure by surrounding (usually Dravidian or Aryan) casted Hindu populations, unlike Dalits, who were. Thus, the adivasi origins of Valmiki, who composed the Ramayana, were acknowledged, as were the origins of adivasi tribes such as the Garasia and Bhilala, which descended from mixed Rajput and Bhil marriages. Unlike the subjugation of the Dalits, the adivasis often enjoyed autonomy and, depending on region, evolved mixed hunter-gatherer and farming economies, controlling their lands as a joint patrimony of the tribe.In some areas, securing adivasi approval and support was considered crucial by local rulers,and larger adivasi groups were able to sustain their own kingdoms in central India.The Gond Rajas of Garha-Mandla and Chanda are examples of an adivasi aristocracy that ruled in this region, and were "not only the hereditary leaders of their Gond subjects, but also held sway over substantial communities of non-tribals who recognized them as their feudal lords." This book is mainly focused on the status, current issues, challenges and possibilities of Aadiwasi tribes of India such as : Tribals and Public Policy Naxalite Terror Adivasi’s of India as Indigenous people of world order Transnational migration of tribes Constitutional Provisions