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Raktim Patar

Raktim Patar
Raktim Patar
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
323, SSS-III
Off. Phone
011-26704482
Email
raktimpatar@mail.jnu.ac.in, patarraktim2010@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

PhD (NEHU Shillong)

Areas of Interest/Specialization
  • History of ancient Assam
  • Ethnohistory, megalithic culture, oral traditions, and material culture of Northeast India.
Experience

17 years

Awards & Honours
  • ICHR research project on “Megaliths of Umswai Valley: A Study on the Megalithic Traditions among the Tiwa” (2020-2022)
  • Editor, North East Journal of Social Sciences (NEJSS), 2014-2023
International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. “ Megalithic Tradition Associated with Agricultural Ritual: A Study of the Chongkhong Phuja among the Hill Tiwas of Umswai Valley in Assam, India", Documenta Prehistorica, Vol. 50, 2023, pp.206-221,  University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia, ISSN: 1854-2492 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.50  (SCOPUS)
  2. "Ethnomedicinal Plants of Hill Tiwas of West Karbi Anglong, Assam, India", Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, Vol. 47, Vol. 2, 2023, pp. 73-87, , Scientific Publishers, Rajasthan, India ISSN: 0250-9768 (UGC Care and WOS)
  3. "The Raj Sabha at Silchang: Dolmens as Administrative Seats of the Ancient Khola Kingdom in Assam", Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology, Vol. 44, 2020, pp. 351-375, ISSN: 2375-0510, University of Washington, USA (Previously published as the Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (SCOPUS).
  4. "The Pisai: A Study on the Village Administration among the Tiwa", Antrocom Journal   of Anthropology Vol. 16 N.1, 2020, pp. 235-239 ISSN: 1973 2880 (UGC Care)
  5.  "Kobai System Among the Tiwa of Northeast India: A Study on their Matrilineal System", Antrocom Journal   of Anthropology Vol. 19 N.1 2023, pp. 513-518 ISSN: 1973 2880 (UGC Care)
  6. "Megalithic Tradition Among the Tiwa of North East India", Proceedings of North East India History Association(37th Session), pp. 85-92, 2016 NEHU, Shillong, ISSN:2349-753X
  7. "A Short Account of Women Martyrs of Assam in the Indian Freedom Struggle", Man and Society: A Journal of North-East Studies, Vol. XX, 2022, pp. 111-126  ISSN: 2229-4058 (UGC Care)
  8. "From Matrilineal to Patrilineal Descent: A Society in Transition", Proceedings of North East India History Association(40th Session), 2019, pp. 128-136, ISSN:2349-753X
  9. "State Formation Among the Tiwa: A Genesis of the Gobha Kingdom", Proceedings of North East India History Association (35th Session), 2014, Proceedings of North East India History Association (35th session) , pp. 563-575, ISSN:2349-753X
  10. "Ethnohistorical Study of the Tiwa Religion", Proceedings of North East India History Association (36th Session), 2015, pp. 176-191, ISSN:2349-753X
  11. "Neo- Vaishnavism Among the Tiwa", Proceedings of North East India History Association (38th Session), 2017, pp. 127-132, ,ISSN:2349-753X
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

BOOKS:

  1. Buddhism in Assam: Past and Present (ed.) Purbanchal  Prakash, Guwahati, India, 2014 ( ISBN:  978-81-7213-2231)
  2. The Tiwa Ethnohistory, Notion Press, Chennai, 2021 (978-1637815724)
  3. Maharaja Prithu: The Unsung Warrior King Who Annihilated Bakhtiyar Khalji, Publication Board Assam, 2021(978-93-84733-76-6)

Chapters in edited books:

 

  1. Gobha raja Chatra Sing: An Unsung Freedom Fighter of Middle Assam, in A Saga of Unsung Heroes of Indian Freedom Movement from Uttar Purva Bharat(North East India), edited by, Subhajit Choudhury, Selfypage Developers Pvt. Ltd, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, 2023 pp. 156-164  (ISBN: 978-93-5747-827-4)
  2. "Traditional Economy of the Tiwa", in Perspective on Material Culture in North East India,  edited by Tilak Thakuria, Lakshi Publishers & Distributers, New Delhi, 2019, pp.145-159, (ISBN: 978-93-82120-56-8)
  3. "Ancient Route of Migration of the Tiwa", in Archaeology in North East India, edited by, Milan Kumar Chauley & Manjil Hazarika, Research India Press, New Delhi, 2019, pp. 278-283, (ISBN: 978-93-5171-17-11)
  4. "The Brahmaputra to Irrawaddy: Tracing the Ancient Trade Routes between India and South East Asia", Chapter in Act East Policy and North East India: Exploring Engagement Possibilities with ASEAN Countries, edited by., Devojit Phukan, Nihar Ranjan Kalita and Ananta Pegu, Assam College Teachers Association, Guwahati, 2021, pp. 220-231(ISBN: 978-93-90626-34-2)
  5. "The Tiwas: Dwellers of the River Banks", in  Assam An Ethnic Mosaic, edited by, Wasbir Hussain, & H.C. Nath, Wordweaves India, Guwahati, 2021, pp. 251-274 (ISBN: 978-93-83094-06-6)
  6. "The Unsung Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle: A Biographical Study on the Anti-British Voices in the Tea Gardens of Assam", in Anil Tanti, edited, Tea Maker of North East India, South Eastern Book Agency, Guwahati, 2020, pp. 33-48(ISBN: 978-93-89262-14-8)
  7. "Tiwa Origin Myth as a Source of Tiwa Ethno-History", in North East India: the Paradigm of Historical, Socio-Economic and Cultural Interactions, edited by,  Pathak, Guptajit, Jnanda Prakashan, New Delhi, India 2014,(ISBN 978-81-7139-617-7)