Many
people in and outside the Government of Tripura helped me during my fields
in that State. I am indebted to all of them. I owe special gratitude to
the Director of Education, Tripura and his colleagues for all the assistance
I had and the interest they showed in the work.
This work could not have been completed but for the patience and cooperation
of the informants, Mr.Nophuray Debbarama and Mrs. Hiruprabha Devi Debbaram.
Iam indebted to Mr. Manikya Debbarma,Medical student, Mysore, who helped
me in checking the data and polishing the translation.
I should express my thanks to Dr. D. P. Pattanayak Director, CIIL, for
his encouragement and guidance and Dr. E.Annamalai, Deputy Director for
scrutinising the manuscipt and for his suggestions to improve it.
I am grateful to Mr. V.Y. Jeyapaul of CIIL who accompained me during the
second field trip and who assisted me in finalising the manusript and
read the proof. But for his help this book will not have gotten this final
shape.
I am extremely thankful to Mr. H. L. N. Bharati of CIIL for the help he
rendered in proof reading and who saw the book through the press.
I thank Mr. N. H. Itagi, who made the map, and Mrs. H. N. Sumangala who
typed the manuscript. Finally, I thank the printers ‘Samskrita Sahitya
Sadana’ for the neat printing.
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