Dear Mr.Mishra,
An etymological definition of "tribe" from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tribe
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tribe (tr
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n.
1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.
2. A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially:
a. Any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, namely, the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan.
b. Any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel.
c. A phyle of ancient Greece.
3. A group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit: a tribe of graduate students.
4. Informal A large family.
5. Biology A taxonomic category placed between a subfamily and a genus or between a suborder and a family and usually containing several genera.
[Middle English, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus, division of the Roman people, perhaps of Etruscan origin or possibly from tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Lalit Mishra <litsol@...> wrote:[Excessive quoting removed - RW]
Some fighter communities who sided with Kauravas in Mahabharata has been pused to deep forest areas in Eastern/Western India in a later date, they are not tribes in the sense, we find tribes in Africa.