Researches on the history of anthropological studies in India, unlike in western countries, have not yet been an established tradition, despite the fact that courses on the growth and de­velopment of anthropology in India are being taught at the graduate and postgraduate levels in the Indian universities and are strongly recommended by the University Grants Commission. Indian anthropologists, however, in the early de­cades after the independence made inspiring and solid research contri­butions on the major problems encountered by the new nation, which has?been?described?and?analyzed?in?detail?in?this?book. These problems include rehabilitation of refugees after the 1947 Partition; and displacement of people from their homes and land caused by the big dams, industrialization and famines. This book, result of years of painstaking research by the author, critically reviews the existing works and their gaps in the history of Indian anthropology and makes a new and valuable addition in the field of the history of academic disciplines in the context of nation building. About the Auhor Abhijit Guha was a professor in Anthropology at Vidyasagar University, and a Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. \n