Author: Chakravarti, B.
Title: The Children of Abo Tani in India, Fiji and Polynesia, Volume 1 (An Account of the Migration of the Indian Danavas...
Description: Calcutta, Self Employment Bureau, (2000). orig. wrappers. 24x17cm, (6),66,(2) pp. Textual illustrations. Slight corner bumps, minor rubbing, small tear to cover, VG. ¶ All published. Full title reads: "The Children of Abo Tani in India, Fiji and Polynesia, Volume 1 (An Account of the Migration of the Indian Danavas and the Nagas, and their Contribution to the Efflorescence of Culture in Fiji and Polynesia". Contents: The Migration of the Danava People; Routes of the Danava Migration; Material Culture (of the Danavas and the Nagas); Melanesia & Polynesia Described in the Sanskrit Puranas; Culture-Heroes from India; Indic Origin of the Languages of Fiji & Polynesia (Including Oral Lores); Similar Scripts in India & Polynesia; Religion in Fiji & Polynesia; The Blood-Groups of the Fijians & the Indians; The Nagas: Their Original Homeland & Migration; Subsequent Migrations from India in the Classical Age; The Fijian Farewell.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Ancient India Fiji, Melanesia, Naga Nagas, Ethnography, Micronesia, Anthropology, Danava Migration, Polynesia, Ethnohistory