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About the Book The present work is an ethnographic study of the PauriBhuinya, a hill tribe of northern Orissa now Odisha. Though the name of the PauriBhuinya occurs in many anthropological literatures, an in-depth published work of standard is not available so far. Thus came up the idea of the present study. In Chapter-III discusses the history of the Bhuinya. Who were the Bhuinyas and how they are different from the hill or PauriBhuinya.Ehe social organization like kinship, family, marriage and political organization has been delineated in Chapter-IV. The PauriBhuinyas are shifting cultivator and now they have become settled agriculturists. The chapter-V begins with the traditional PauriBhuinya following by the factors responsible for the change of the PauriBhuinya economy. The religious beliefs and practices of the PauriBhuinyahave been discussed in chapter -VI. It also highlights some description on the Alekha or Mahimadharma which was adopted by a handful community member. The last chapter highlights the factors responsible for bringing out change in the PauriBhuinya society and implementation of various developmental programmes and its consequences.