Forword

This booklet contains papers from the seminar tilled “Traditional Systems:Changes and Continuity” held during 15,16 January 1999 at Pasighat. The dissertations were prepared by scholars having firsthand information on the topic of their choice and they are expected to throw light on many new facts hitherto not adequately known to the people in general. However, the opinions expressed by the writers are exclusively their own and the undersigned does not have anything to comment on their relevance.

VKIC have meanwhile , organized several seminars on the common topic, “Traditional Systems : Change and Continuity” and propose to compile all the papers including the ones which are included in the present booklet into one or more volumes in future. It is , therefore, hoped that the readers of this publication, and more particularly the contributors of the seminar, will point out any omission and send their views including observation, suggestions on different issues presented through the papers, if any, which will obviously make our efforts more fruitful.

Pradip Sarma
Director, Research Council