Encyclopedia of Santal Civilization

Methodology, scope, and editorial principles of the Encyclopedia.

Santali language, Ol Chiki script, linguistics, dialects, and writing traditions…

Social organization, kinship systems, clan structure, and community life.

Santal religion, cosmology, spirits, the Sarna faith, and ritual life.

Historical periods, colonial encounter, resistance, and collective memory.

Origins, pre-history, and foundational cultural forms of Santal civilization.

Origin narratives, migration histories, and settlement patterns.

Jharkhand homeland, diaspora, sacred geography, and territorial identity.

Forest ecology, land, rivers, seasonal rhythms, and environmental knowledge.

Village structure, spatial organization, housing, and everyday material life.

Traditional governance (manjhi system), dispute resolution, and customary law.

Life-cycle rituals, agricultural ceremonies, festivals, and sacred performances.

Myths, legends, folk tales, songs, proverbs, and the oral literary tradition.

Visual arts, music, dance, crafts, body art, and material culture.

Agricultural systems, forest economy, trade, labour, and contemporary livelihood…

Indigenous knowledge systems, medicine, astronomy, and epistemology.

Colonial history, education, Christianity, politics, movements, and contemporary…

The field of Santal studies: scholars, institutions, methods, and disciplinary h…