People of India: Uttar Pradesh, Volume Xlii (part I,ii & Iii)

Published in association with anthropological survey of india theanthropological survey of india launched the people of india (poi)project on 2 october 1985 to generate an anthropological profile ofall communities of india, the impact on them of change anddevelopment process and the links that bring them together as partof this all-india project the first ever ethnographic survey of allcommunities of uttar pradesh (307) was taken up in collaborationwith local scholars the results of the survey were discussed atthe workshops held at meerut university in march 1990 and atregional workshops held in dehradun in october 1987 and april-may1991 uttar pradesh, the northern province which derives itsidentity from its unique geographical and historical situation,constitutes most of what was known as madhya desh or the middlecountry of aryavarta and as hindustan in the medieval period thestate is divided into three major eco-cultural zones, themountainous region in the north, the plains in the mi