Himalayan Lepchas

According agnop agriculture agriculturists alienation areas Bhutan Bhutanese Bhutias Birhor Bongthing bride British Buddhist Lepchas Busty Calcutta caste Census ceremony Christian Lepchas Darjeeling District Delhi detribalisation Dhebar Commission dominance economic girls Gorer Gorkhaland Gorkhas gradually Hence hills Himalayas Hindu India influence institutions J.D. Hooker Kalimpong Kiratas Kurseong Kyong labour Lama Lapche Lepcha Association Lepcha boys Lepcha families Lepcha land Lepcha language Lepcha names Lepcha population Lepcha society Lepchas living Lepchas of Darjeeling Lepchas of Sikkim Mainwaring marriage married Mayel means missionaries modern Mutanchi Nakane Namthars neighbouring Nepalese Nepali language non-Lepchas North Sikkim organisations original Plan political polyandry Pradhan priest primitive tribal groups primitive tribe programmes R.N. Thakur race region religion religious respondents rivers Rong rural S.K. Banerjee says scheduled tribe Siliguri social mobility Tamsang Tashe-Thing Tibet Tibetan Tibetan language traditional Tribal Development upto urban various weaker tribes West Bengal