The Movement for Recognition of Kudumi Tribe
This article tells the story of the Kudumi (Kudmi, Kurmi, Mahato, Mahanta, Mohanta) movement for recognition as a tribe, from […]
Kudumi Tribe After Independence
This article follows the Kudumi (Kudmi, Kurmi, Mahato, Mahanta, Mohanta) from the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order of 1950 to October […]
Kudumi Tribe in the Colonial Period (1767–1930s)
This article looks at the Kudumi (Kudmi, Kurmi, Mahato, Mahanta, Mohanta) in the colonial period, from the rise of the […]
Forest Villages & Local Rulers: Kudumi Tribe Before 1767
Before 1767 the Kudumi lived in a world of forest villages and local rulers, a world that the colonial state […]
Kudumi and Maratha Kingdom
The Maratha age of eastern India, taken here as the Bargi raids of 1742 to 1751 and the rule of […]
Kudumi Tribe in the Medieval Period
The medieval period, taken here as roughly the ninth to the eighteenth century, is the first age in which the […]
Aboriginal Claim of Kudumi Tribe in India
The Kudumi say that they are an aboriginal people of the Chotanagpur plateau, and they ask to be recognised as […]
Kudumi Tribe in Sindhu-Saraswati Civilization
The Sindhu-Saraswati civilization, also called the Indus or Harappan civilization, flourished about 4,500 years ago in the north-west of the […]
Kudumi Tribe in the Ancient Period
No inscription, coin or ancient text that was reviewed for this article names the Kudumi. The ancient period of the […]
Kudumis in Itihas and Puranas
Many Kudumi families, and many writers of the community, say that their people are mentioned in the Itihas (the Ramayana […]