Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Lecturer at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." - Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.

Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Lecturer at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." - Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.

Dr Arkotong Longkumer is Lecturer at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK.

"This is a compelling and unusual book, written from the inside (by a Naga) and the outside (by a skilled anthropologist). It is a valuable addition both theoretically and ethnographically to a rich literature on the Nagas and to the rapidly expanding field of comparative religion. It is beautifully written and gradually reveals an extraordinary world with great sensitivity." - Professor Alan Macfarlane, F.B.A., Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions; 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric; 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform; 5. Negotiating Boundaries; 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendices.