Across the forested plateaus and hills of central India, in the land they gave their name to, Gondwana, live the Gonds, the largest tribal community of India. An Adivasi people

From the deserts of Rajasthan and the plains of Gujarat to the high pastures of the western Himalaya, live the Gujjars, one of the great pastoral communities of the subcontinent.

To the west and north of Delhi, on the fertile plains between the Yamuna and the deserts of Rajasthan, live the Haryanvi people, the hardy farmers, cattle-keepers, and wrestlers of

The Hill Palace at Tripunithura near Kochi is the largest palace complex in Kerala, the seat of the Cochin Maharajas and home to the state’s finest archaeological museum. Explore its architecture, treasures and gardens.

In the forested hills of the Kolhan region of Jharkhand live the Ho, one of the great tribal communities of eastern India and among its most ancient peoples. Speakers of

In the hills and forests of northern Tamil Nadu and its borders live the Irula, a forest people of southern India famed throughout the world as the most expert catchers

Across the fertile plains of northwestern India and Pakistan, from the Punjab to Haryana, Rajasthan, and the UP plains, live the Jats, one of the largest and most influential communities

In the cloud-wrapped hills of Meghalaya, in one of the wettest places on earth, live the Khasi people, one of the most distinctive communities in all of India. Speakers of

High in the forested hills of the Western Ghats, in the Karnataka district of Kodagu, lives one of India’s most distinctive small communities: the Kodava, or Coorgs. A martial people

Along the narrow, green coast of western India, between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats, live the Konkani people, speakers of the Konkani tongue whose heartland is sun-blessed Goa.