Headhunting Nagas of Arunachal Pradesh

The book is an anthropological and ethnological narrative of the headhunting and human sacrificing Tangshang Naga tribes of Arunachal Pradesh.  During the Nocte Naga migration from Yunnan Province they were followers of Theravada Buddhism.  1961 census reported some Buddhist among the Nocte Naga of Tirap Frontier Tract. While trading salts and other products with the Ahom the Nagas mingled with the Assames and participated in the Hindu festivals of Assam.  The Nocte Naga of  Tirap Frontier Tract was attracted to  the Mahapurushia form of Vaishnavism.  The influence of Sankardev Humanism  Hindu philosophy attracted the Nocte Naga Tribes of the Patkai Range resulting to the baptism of the Naga Ang Lotha Khonbao and renamed him as “Naruttom” by Sri Ram  Ata Gukhai of Bareghor Satra according to Nalandala Gaga Thakur between 1669 to 1745.  The Nocte Nagas were the only tribes of Arunachal Pradesh who were Hindus from the 18th Century.