History of Leather-Working Castes in India: Social Transformation and Challenges

All school of historians have ignored the specific studies on the leather-working communities. Leather working communities like the Madigas of Andhra Pradesh, the Chakkilliyans and the Vettiyans of Tamil Nadu, the Madiga, Mochi and Samagara of Karnataka, and the Tolkollans of Kerala, the Chamara, Jaiswara of North India. However, these leather working communities played a very important role in the economy. Throughout the World leather communities played out a very important role in the World in General and India particular. Since Ancient time leather was going all over world. In Modern times, for instance, under the English East India Company these groups become the cogs of wheel for the economy. The present book will give much benefit those who want to make a study on Leather Working Castes.