Astronomy of Some Indian Tribes

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Halkare, Ganesh, Vahia, Mayank and Orchiston, Wayne. 2016. "Astronomy of Some Indian Tribes." Orchiston, Wayne, Sule, Aniket and Vahia, Mayank (ed.) 9th International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA-9 2016). Pune, India 15 - 18 Nov 2016 Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3645-4_26
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Astronomy of Some Indian Tribes

Presentation TypePaper
AuthorsHalkare, Ganesh (Author), Vahia, Mayank (Author) and Orchiston, Wayne (Author)
EditorsOrchiston, Wayne, Sule, Aniket and Vahia, Mayank
Journal or Proceedings TitleAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Journal Citation54, pp. 423-431
Number of Pages9
Year2016
Place of PublicationSingapore
ISBN9789811336447
9789811336454
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3645-4_26
Web Address (URL) of Paperhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-3645-4_26
Conference/Event9th International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA-9 2016)
International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA)
Event Details
9th International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA-9 2016)
Event Date
15 to end of 18 Nov 2016
Event Location
Pune, India
Event Details
International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA)
ICOA
Abstract

Some Indian tribes are known to have lived isolated lives over many millennia and developed their own perspectives on astronomy. Here we report the study of four Indian tribes from central India, namely the Gonds, Banjaras, Kolams and Korku. We show that the broad philosophy of their approach to astronomy was similar but the details of their perception vary significantly.

KeywordsCentral India, Gonds, Banjaras, Kolams, Korku, Astronomy
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020510199. Astronomical sciences not elsewhere classified
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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
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