(Ebook) ORAL EPICS OF KALAHANDI by MAHENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ISBN 9788190148191, 8190148192

(Ebook) ORAL EPICS OF KALAHANDI by MAHENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ISBN 9788190148191, 8190148192

This book is a compilation of  24  oral epics collected and interpreted from the tribal district of Kalahandi in Odisha state  India. The royal dynasties from Rajput lineage in Kalahandi were the Nagaand the Chauhans. Prior to the Naga and Chauhan rule in ancientKalahandi and Khariar kingdoms respectively, the Gonds, the Kondhsand the Bhunjias were the tribal rulers exercising their administrative power as the ruler of this region. The glorious history of the origin of the Naga and Chauhans is found in written form whereasthe tribal rulers had their own ethnic clan-bards to keep up theircaste history and genealogies. For this, the caste-bard or clan-bardwas patronised by the clan-master of their main castes/tribes. The noted folklorist  Dr Mahendra Kumar MIshra has  conducted  stud in Kalahandi  over  20  years and has  written this book.