Polyandry in India (Demographic, Economic, Social, Religious and Psychological Concomitants of Plural Marriages in Women)

Polyandry in India is book edited and Authored by Manis Kumar and the contents of the books are Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Part I : INTRODUCTION Part II : POLYANDRY IN NORTH AND NORTH-WESTERN INDIA : 1. Polyandry in Ladakh/John. H. Crook 2. Persistence of Lahaul Polyandry and Decline/T.K. Ghosh 3. Polyandry in a High Himalayan Society : Persistence and Change/M.K. Raha and P.C. Coomar 4. Polyandry in the North-Western Himalayas : Some Changing Trends/Ramesh Chandra 5. Pahari Polyandry : A Comparison/D. Gerald Berreman 6. Himalayan Polyandry and the Domestic Cycle/D. Gerald Berreman 7. Pahari and Tibetan Polyandry Revisited/C. Melvyn Goldstein 8. Polyandry in a Cis-Himalayan Community/V.K. Sishaudia 9. Polyandry among the Jat Sikhs of Punjab/K.P. Singh Part III : POLYANDRY IN SOUTH INDIA : 10. The Nayars and the definition of Marriage/E. Kathleen Gough 11. Fraternal Polyandry in Malabar/A. Aiyyappan 12. Polyandry in Malabar/K. Raman Unni 13. Polyandry in Kota Society/David G. Mandelbaum 14. Polyandry in the Kota Society : An Appraisal/I. Verghese Part IV : POLYANDRY IN EAST AND NORTH-EAST INDIA : 15. A Note on Polyandry among the Gallong : An Analytical Appraisal/B.K. Das Gupta 16. The so-called Polyandry among the Gallongs/Niranjan Sarkar 17. Polyandry among the Lepchas of Sikkim : A Dead or Dying Institution/Samit Ghosal Part V : POLYANDRY IN INDIA : SPECIAL ISSUES : 18. Polyandry in Ancient Indian Society/Niranjan Sarkar M.K. Raha 19. A Note on Differential Sex-ratios and Polyand-rous People in India/K. Pakrasi 20. Bow and Arrow Ceremony of the Toda - An Interpretation/B.B. Goswami 21. Woman's Role in a Polyandrous Cis-Himalayan Society : An Overview/G.S. Bhatt and S.D. Jain 22. Status of Women in Polyandrous Society/S. B. Nandi Index