Triloknath Pandit
Triloknath Pandit | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Anthropologist |
Known for | North Sentinel Island survey |
Triloknath Pandit is an Indian anthropologist.[1]
Biography
Pandit was the first professional anthropologist to land on the North Sentinel Island in 1967.[2] He led the team that established the first friendly contact with the Sentinelese people on 4 January 1991.[3][4] He was head of the Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre of the Anthropological Survey of India.
Works
- Pandit, T. N. (1985). The Tribal and Non-Tribal in Andaman Islands: A historical perspectives. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 20:111-131.
- Pandit, T. N. (1990). The Sentinelese. Kolkata: Seagull Books.
- Pandit, T. N. & Chattopadhyay, M. (1989). Meeting the Sentinel Islanders: The Least Known of the Andaman Hunter-Gatherers. Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society 24:169-178.
References
- Barry, Ellen (5 May 2017). "A Season of Regret for an Aging Tribal Expert in India". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- Evald, Pierre. "The Andaman Islanders - a state of the art report 1996". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- McGirk, Tim (10 January 1993). "Islanders running out of isolation: Tim McGirk in the Andaman Islands reports on the fate of the Sentinelese". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- Mukerjee, Madhusree (2003). The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 52. ISBN 978-0618197361.
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