but eventually abandoned those efforts. An anthropologist involved in the case told The Guardian that the risk of a dangerous clash between investigators and the islanders was too great to justify any further attempts. Notes References Bibliography External links Video "SENTINELESE : World's Most Isolated Tribe", includes clips of friendly contact by the Anthropological Survey of India as well as another clip of National Geographic crew's attempt at contact being rebuffed by the Sentinelese "Leave the Sentinelese alone", an interview with the T N Pandit of Anthropological Survey of India Madhumala Chattopadhyay: An Anthropologist's Moment of Truth, discusses first friendly contact with Sentinelese Administration in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands has finally decided upon a policy of minimal interference Indigenous peoples of South Asia Ethnic groups in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Hunter-gatherers of Asia Uncontacted peoples Scheduled Tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands