Table of Contents

Foreword by Yasmin Saikia

1 Northeast India Through the Ages

Rituparna Bhattacharyya

2 Professor Mohammed Taher: A Brief Profile of his Life and Works

Abani Kumar Bhagabati

3 Assam from Prehistory to History

Sukanya Sharma

4 Revisiting the History of Medieval Assam

Sangeeta Gogoi

5 Assam in the Colonial Period

Barnali Sarma and Pooza Sharma

6 Reorganisation and Changing Territorial Framework of Assam since India’s Independence

Madhushree Das and Chandan Bhuyan

7 Prehistoric Dwellers of the Meghalaya Plateau

Queenbala Marak

8 A History of Meghalaya: A Saga of Three Fascinating Tribes

Amena N. Passah

9 Incorporation of Oral Tradition in Archaeological Studies in Nagaland: An Overview

Aokumla Walling

10 03 August 2015 Framework Agreement, Naga National Movement, and Confused Road Ahead

Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Ajay Prasad, and Sanjay Prasad

11 Oral Narratives of Manipur as the Source of Historical Reconstruction

Thounaojam Caesar

12 Manipur: The Sociocultural Continuum

Vijaylakshmi Brara

13 Mizoram through the Ages

Benjamin L. Saitluanga

14 Tripura’s Nuanced History to the Present

Mousami Debbarma

15 Sikkim through the Ages

Namita Chakma

About the Author

Rituparna Bhattacharyya is Senior Fellow, Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy), UK, who works as a research consultant and is Editor-in-Chief (joint) of the journal Space and Culture, India.

Reviews

"The book portrays the annals of the Northeast region’s prehistory, history, and oral history using a transdisciplinary approach. It is a well-researched book with in-depth analysis, and its easy flow of facts makes the book of reader’s interest. The editor deserves all appreciation for bringing the different shades of nuanced histories of the most important constituencies of the Northeast region in fifteen chapters. A vital, necessary, and appealing book that presents an interesting account of a geographically strategic and culturally enriching region in a most simple format."Professor Sanjai Bhatt, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, India; Immediate Past President, National Association of Professional Social Workers in India; Immediate Past President, (South Asia) International Council on Social Welfare; Alliance Ambassador, GSSWA"The interdisciplinary approach of this book to the study of Northeast India has done justice to the complex ethnographic, geographic, historical, and sociocultural mosaic of this region. Anyone interested in developing a deep understanding of the region and its people must read this book."Professor Hiranya K Nath, Department of Economics and Intl. Business, Sam Houston State University, USA