Question

How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology?

Answer 1

Ananthakrishna Iyer started of his journey as a social anthropologist by

• voluntarily assisting a British administrator in an ethnographic survey.

• Later on he was asked by dewan of chichin to assist an ethnographic survey of the state.
• He also worked as unpaid superintendent of ethnography for British government.
• His work was recognized by British anthropologists and administrators.
• Afterwards, he initiated post graduate department of anthropology at university of Calcutta.  

Sarat was not directly related to anthropology

• He had a degree in English and law. But he pursued his career in teaching.
• Later he started working as official interpreter in court. From there he gained interest in the culture and society of tribal people.

• He traveled and gained practical knowledge from tribal communities.
• This lead to his interest in anthropology and he wrote many articles afterwards.

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