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Abstract
Oral tradition is a source that is transmitted orally from one generation to another in the form of folklore, legend, myth etc. Every culture has its own mythology and legends which reflected the cultural practices, values and traditions. It is used as an alternative source where there has been dearth of written documents, archaeological and other evidences. It basically gives an insight of the society during an early period, i.e. pre-literate period. The paper basically deals with the importance of oral tradition in reconstructing the history of the Bodo, who are considered one of the indigenous people of North East India. Oral tradition has been very instrumental in reconstructing Bodo history as the Bodos have reached treasures of Oral sources or Oral tradition.