ABSTRACT
This entry maps the emergence of territoriality in the highlands of Northeast India. It shows that the village level territoriality that existed in traditional societies was soon replaced by ethnic administrative units during the British colonial rule paving the way for ethnicisation of territories. Ethnic territoriality holds sways in the region today despite the propagation of a globalised and borderless world. The construction and reinforcement of ethnic identities to achieve exclusive ethnic territories continue to result in conflicts and displacements in the region.
