Jaintias
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distribution in Jaintia Hills
- In Jaintia Hills
…Jaintia Hills are primarily tribal Jaintias, who, like the Khasis to the west, are thought to be descendants of the first Mongolian migration to India. Until the 19th century these people had a three-tiered system of administration. Under British rule, however, this system was broken down, and after independence it…
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