Appendix A—[The Lhota Calendar] 226

Appendix B—[Mensuration] 228

Appendix C—[Human Sacrifice] 230

[Naga-Assamese Glossary] 232

[Index] 233 [[ix]]

[[Contents]]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[AN ELDERLY MAN OF LUNGITANG WEARING LUNGPENSÜ AND BIG EAR-PADS] 7
[YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN (OF OKOTSO)] 7
[ORNAMENTATION OF MEDIAN BAND OF RÜKHUSÜ] 10
[SOUTHERN LHOTAS IN FULL DRESS] 13
[CHAMIMO OF PANGTI] 13
[A LHOTA WARRIOR IN FULL DRESS] 14
[TYPES OF OBSOLETE DAOS (YANTHANG)] 16
[A LHOTA VILLAGE—HUMTSO] 23
[THE DOYANG RIVER FROM BELOW CHANGSÜ] 23
[A LHOTA MORUNG] 25
[A LHOTA HOUSE] 31
[SPINNING] 39
[WEAVING] 39
[FISHING] 71
[MINGETUNG] 108
[VILLAGE OHA AT THE FOOT OF MINGETUNG] 108
[AN OPYA BRISTLING WITH BAMBOO SPEARS THROWN AT IT AT THE OYANTSOA “GENNA”] 123
[MORUNG (CHAMPO) AT PANGTI] [[x]] 123
[“GENNA” STONE TIED ON TO A BAMBOO FRAME-WORK READY TO BE CARRIED UP TO THE VILLAGE FOR THE STONE-DRAGGING CEREMONY] 142
[GRAVE OF A WARRIOR DECORATED WITH HIS ORNAMENTS AND A TALLY OF THE HEADS HE HAS TAKEN (NORTHERN LHOTAS)] 142
[FORKED POST (TSONGZÜ) AT YEKHUM, PUT UP INSTEAD OF A “GENNA” STONE] 144
[THE TWO PUTHIS OF AKUK COLLECTING RICE FOR THE TUKU CEREMONY] 144
[ENO] 160
[NRITANGPENG OF A MAN WHO HAS KILLED AN ELEPHANT] 160
[A MEDICINE MAN (RATSEN) IN A FIT] 164
[A DANCER AT THE REBUILDING OF A MORUNG] 164

MAPS

[SKETCH MAP TO SHOW TRIBES AND PLACES MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION] xl
[MAP SHOWING LHOTAS AND NEIGHBOURING TRIBES] at end
[MAP OF THE LHOTA COUNTRY]