See also the book, The Tribals of India, by Sunil Janah,Oxford University Press (India), 1993 (1st ed.) and 2003 (2nd ed.).

Sunil Janah Tribals of India Photographs from the 1940's - 1960's
Right: Garos fishing from a dugout canoe. Meghalaya, northeastern India, 1940's. © Sunil Janah 1940's, 2004

 

Muria girl with drums, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, East-Central India, 1950's.  She was the belusha (headgirl) of Markavera ghotul (youth dormitory). © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004	Muria belusha of Binjli ghotul, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, 1950's. © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004
Muria boys with pitorka drums, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, 1950's. © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004	Muria cheliks and motiaris, (boys and girls) in a courtyard, outside their ghotul, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, 1950's. © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004
Muria boy in front of ghotul wall with bas-reliefs, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, 1950's. © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004	Mishmi boy near Tibetan border, Nizamghat, North East Frontier, (now Arunachal), 1950's. © Sunil Janah 1950's, 2004