Which is not a correct statement in the following

Verrier Elwin was a British anthropologist who lived among the Baigas and Khonds of Central India for many years.

Among the Mundas of Chhota- Nagpur, the land belonged to the clan as a whole

Under the British rule, the functions and powers of the tribal chiefs changed considerably

The British officials saw shifting cultivators as more civilised than the Gonds and the Santhals