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| Keywords: A group of Lepcha shingle cutters at Darjeeling in the 1870s.jpg en Photograph of Lepchas at Darjeeling from an Album of Miscellaneous views in India taken by John H Doyle in the 1870s The Lepcha people are the aboriginal inhabitants of Sikkim which was the Kingdom of Sikkim till 1975 when it became a part of India situated in between Nepal and Bhutan The Lepchas have become a minority in their own homeland Their shamanist religion and lifestyle has been a source of fascination to anthropologists Their language is unmistakably a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family but its exact position within the group is uncertain This is a group portrait of Lepcha people gathered in an open-sided hut at Darjiling s 1870 http //www oldindianphotos in/2009_02_21_archive html John H Doyle other versions Custom license marker 2014 10 22 PD-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Lepcha people Darjeeling in the 1870s | ||||
