Abstract
The original habitat of Misings, in the distant past, is said to be somewhere in the Tibeto-Chinese border. Misings and the Adi
tribes come under the broad group of Indo- Mongoloid races and are referred to as Kirata, in Indian epics. According to the
Linguistic Survey of India, apart from the Nagas and the Jayantias, the Mongoloids of India speak the Sino- Tibetan group
of languages. Misings, forming a fragment of this race, fall under the category of the Tibeto-Burman speakers of the great
Sino-Tibetan group. Misings mainly subsist on agricultural products. Earlier when there was suitable fertile land, cash crops viz., oilseeds, pulses and vegetables were produced on commercial basis, but now it is rarely done because the devastating earthquake of 1950 made vast cultivable lands of the Mising society villages totally unfit for cultivation. An attempt has been
made to highlight the socio-economic condition of women of Mising community of Assam.
tribes come under the broad group of Indo- Mongoloid races and are referred to as Kirata, in Indian epics. According to the
Linguistic Survey of India, apart from the Nagas and the Jayantias, the Mongoloids of India speak the Sino- Tibetan group
of languages. Misings, forming a fragment of this race, fall under the category of the Tibeto-Burman speakers of the great
Sino-Tibetan group. Misings mainly subsist on agricultural products. Earlier when there was suitable fertile land, cash crops viz., oilseeds, pulses and vegetables were produced on commercial basis, but now it is rarely done because the devastating earthquake of 1950 made vast cultivable lands of the Mising society villages totally unfit for cultivation. An attempt has been
made to highlight the socio-economic condition of women of Mising community of Assam.
Keywords
educational status, political activity, economic activity, socio-economic condition
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