Omprakash S Bone has a long-time acquaintance with the Mannewar Tribals, having researched on them in detail through census researches, a thorough perusal of their ways and customs, census references, historical and anthropological surveys. The author attempts to bridge the gap by trying to make the tribals aware of their rights and privileges, so as to bring them out of their poverty and illiteracy, ills that keep them moored in their ignorance, especially in the states of Maharashtra, M.P. and Chhattisgarh. This is a book that will appeal to lovers of history and to all those who strive to fight for tribal rights.

This book, Milestone of Mannewar Tribe, is a complete root history of the Mannewar tribal people. This book should be playing a basic role to solve all the problems among the general people as well as Hon’ble Courts. Basically, the meaning of the book indicates that this tribal community is one of the oldest (pre-constitution) tribal cultures of India. Their history is researched and written by the British Government and later, the Government of India through anthropological survey from time to time. They pointed out that the Mannewar people are the real custodians of the environment, who have been born from nature, animals and have a human temperament. If someone is interested to know the culture of the tribals, the Government of India will help them prove the awareness, respect and importance of the environment. In tribal culture, the Milestone of Mannewar Tribe is used as medicine. This book is a mirror of the Mannewar tribal people, who are the important model of their living culture. The scientific base behind using the proverbs that it is a makeable message not to have bad habits or its use to explain the views to a third person in a simple, sweet language. It is a part and history of the anthropological survey of tribal people who put together their ‘tribal culture’. In Indian history, this book will be most useful to the tribal community as well as to the history lovers, Ph.D. & UPSC students. In the book, useful information is provided like their root history, the hon’ble court judgements, names of their forefathers (pre-constitution period) recorded in the Government records before the independence of India as well as the rainbows of the present generation and portrait of cultures. For the first time, the Milestone of Mannewar Tribe is presented to the people phonetically.

Ethnological study.

Next to Africa, India has the largest tribal population (67.7 million) in the world. Indian tribes, spread over the length and breadth of the country, are concentrated in hilly and forest regions. The tribes of India differ considerably from one another in race, language culture and beliefs, and present a spectacle of striking diversity. It is this diversity marked by varied social characteristics and diverse cultural traditions and linguistic traits that lends lustre to the cultural mosaic of India. Encyclopaedia Profile of Indian Tribes, first of its kind, seeks to present a concise by comprehensive account of the socio-cultural profile of all the tribal communities who have been declared as Scheduled Tribes by the Government of India. The tribes are arranged alphabetically in order to facilitate easy reference. Each profile deals with the geographical distribution of the tribal population, the social structure, the means of subsistence and economic organisation, religious beliefs and practice, the political institutions, and modern social changes sweeping the community. At the end of each profile, there is a short bibliography for the more inquisitive reader. Each entry in this four volume set has been contributed by a scholar who has deep personal knowledge and contact with the community. This classic multi-volume set will be extremely useful to scholars studying tribals in India and abroad and to all those interested in a standard reference work on the Indian tribes.