Essay name: Studies in Ethnobotany of ‘Nath� of Bundelkhand region
Author:
Praveen Kumar Khare
Affiliation: Bundelkhand University / Department of Botany
The essay studies the Ethnobotany of the ‘Nath� tribe of Bundelkhand region within the Indian subcontinent. This region represents a convergence of diverse meteorological, climatic, and floral conditions, which provides unique opportunities for ethnobotanical research. The study of human relationships with plants, ethnobotany, reveals the varied and seldom-known uses of plants, contributing to anthropology, medical, and economic botany.
Chapter 1 - General Introduction
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and error and more often than not, at the heavy cost of human life. The term
primitive or aboriginal refers to the indigenous people of the region with little
or no technological development, no written language. having a distinct culture
of their own and living in small. and economically isolated groups(Jain, 1967).
These primitive people still prefer to live in perfect dependence on nature and
solved their problems following their own traditional method such studies
constitute the science of ethnobotany.
Considering the importance of ethnobotany Schultes (1960) has
rightly pointed out the urgent need is to findout ways and means to salvege the
ethnobotancial-lores before it becomes for ever entombed with the culture that
gave it birth. In recent years some efforts have been made for organised
ethnobotancial investigation in different parts of this country by various workers
including Ahluwalia (1952), Gupta (1960.1962), Jain (1963a,b.c. 1965). Jain &
Tarafder (1963,1970), Shah and Joshi (1971). Jain et. al. (1973), Maheshwar
et al. (1980), Tiwari et. al. (1980 a,b), Rao and Neogi (1980) Kharkengar and
Joseph (1981). Patel et al. (1981). Uniyal and Malhotra (1981). Kumar (1982).
Kapur and Sarin (1983), Krishna and Das (1983). Singh (1983). Singh et al
(1984). Sharma and Lakshminarasimhan (1986), Baruah & Sarma (1987).
Rawat and Pangtey (1987). Vartak & Kulkarni (1987). Oommachan & Masih
(1987). Mandal & Yonzone (1988). Oommachan and Masih (1989). Sharma
(1990), Shukla et. al. (1991). Khanna and Mudgal (1992), Sahoo and Mudga
(1993). Aminuddin and Girach (1993). Singh and Maheshwar (1993)
