This book is almost a classic. In 1887, late Rev. L.O. Skrefsrud had published, The Traditions and Institutions of the Santhals, Horkaren Mare Hapramko reak Katha as a guide for Santals, It was reedited by P.O. Bodding in 1916. and 1929, with some eminent Santals. However, having porved impossible, to get the translation published before the author’s death, the manuscript was left in the core of Prof. O. Solberg. Later, it was forestry, edited by Sten Known. Now, this edition is being made available of the benefit of scholar is Tribal Studies and Anthropology and particularly for those, working on Satal literature and culture.