The Santhal (also spelled as Santal, and formerly also spelt as Sontal or Sonthal) are one of the Munda peoples who live mainly in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Assam.

other tribes in India. Santali is derived from the ethnic name, Santal. Santals call themselves „Hor‟ i.e. „Man‟ and call their l guage Santali as „Hor-Ror‟ where „Ror‟ means speech or language.

Attempt has been made in this paper to review the origin and history of Santals of Nepal. The Santals are one of the highly marginalized ethnic groups of Nepal, they live in Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari …

Santal traditional religion is a mighty belief in strengthening the social harmony of the people. Santals have different gods and they call them by different names, but they don’t have the statue of the Gods.

In a Santal village two things are very important, one is the Mahajhisthan, the place made for the spirit of the original headman, and the Other is the Jahers- than, the scared grove where the Santals worship …

preservation of Santal history will all be examined in this study. This study aims to demonstrate the transforming power of the Ol-Chiki movement by an extensive examination . f historical documents, …

The examples of Santal writing since the 1890s offer testimony to the social and cultural changes of the colonial period, as seen by Santal writers. They express a Santal view of changes otherwise …