Major Founders of Indian Anthropology

Followings are the 4 major founders of Indian Anthropology:

1. Dhirendra Nath Majumdar (D. N. Majumdar) (1903-1960)
2. Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi  (L. P. Vidyarthi) (1931 – 1985)
3. Shyama Charan Dube (S.C. Dube) (1922 – 1996)
4. Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (M. N. Srinivas) (1916–1999) 

These four anthropologists belong to the first-generation Anthropologists of India and trained by Europeans.

D. N. Majumdar (1903–1960)

• D. N. Majumdar studies physical Anthropology.
• He studies tribes, mainstream population and etc.
• He also studies criminal tribes.
• He studied the attitude of criminality.
• He studied blood group relation with the tendency of crime.

S. C. Dube (1922–1996)

• S C Dubey study rural anthropology.
• He was the contemporary of Srinivas.
• He had a political science background.
• He was the chairperson of Community development programme review committee.

M. N. Srinivas (1916–1999) 

• He study caste – written about caste.
• He was the student of R. C. Brown.

B. R. Ambedkar

• B. R. Ambedkar was an Anthropologist.
• He had submitted papers on casteism anthropology.