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In this article I have classified Indian Anthropology into three types, namely, colonial, Hindu and Nationalist and attempted to identify each one with the respective authors and found that apart from colonial and Hindu anthropology, a nationalist and development anthropology was also found in the works of some authors, although water-tight compartments among these types are not always possible.

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This paper is unique because the search for a nationalist trend in Indian anthropology has not yet been shown by the historiographers of anthropology in India.

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I began to search for nationalist trends in Indian anthropology while I studied the unnoticed works of Tarak Chandra Das who was a marginalized anthropologist in India. Gradually, I found others, like Bhupendranath Datta whose name is totally forgotten.

Professor Abhijit Guha
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata

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This page is a summary of: Colonial, Hindu and Nationalist Anthropology in India, Sociological Bulletin, June 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0038022919848193.
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