TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharjee,Debashis
TI  - Sarak: the early Jains in Bengal
SN  - 8185635137
U1  - 301 23rd.
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Kolkata
PB  - Bookland Private Limited
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Early Jains
KW  - Jains in Bengal
N1  - Includes references and appendix; Introduction -- Land and People -- Ethnographic Profile -- Life Cycle Rituals and Religious Festivals -- Socio- Economic Profile -- Religion and Ethnic Identity -- Outcomes of the Findings and Concluding Remarks
N2  - This book represents an impressive achievement in anthropological field research among a group of people within Bengali society whose identity and survival represent a distinct from of world view, being influenced by Jaina ideals. The Saraks of Purulia, in adjacent districts of West Bengal and Bihar are quite evidently the descendants of Jaina Sravakas who originated in Western Indian and Were later migrants in 'rarh' Bengal. In the literature of 'Kavi Kankan chandi Mangal' dated back, the later of Sarak community was mentioned.
ER  -