Tribes Nomads and Settled Communities Test - 3

Aman Das, the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, assumed the title of Sangram Shah. His son, Dalpat, married princess Durgawati, the daughter of Salbahan, the Chandel Rajput raja of Mahoba.

In Punjab, the Khokhar tribe was very influential during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

The Ahoms were the important tribal group which established a powerful kingdom in Assam. They were defeated by the Mughals.

Many tribes obtained their livelihood from agriculture. Others were hunter-gatherers or herders.

Aman Das the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, assumed the title of Sangram Shah.

Gondwana means the country inhabited by Gonds.

It is Bronze crocodile by Kutiya Kond tribe, Orissa.

Ahom society was divided into clans or khels. There were very few castes of artisans, so artisans in the Ahom areas came from the adjoining kingdoms.

In Punjab, the Khokhar tribe was very influential during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Under the Delhi Sultans and the Mughals, this hierarchy between social classes grew further

The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar in the thirteenth century.

Nomads are wandering people. Many of them are pastoralists who roam from one pasture to another with their flocks and herds.

Raja Man Singh, Akbar’s famous general attacked and defeated the Cheros in 1591.

Raja Man Singh, Akbar’s famous general, attacked and defeated the Cheros in 1591.

The caste-based and tribal societies also depended on each other for their diverse needs. This relationship, of conflict and dependence, gradually caused both societies to change.

It shows - Bhils hunting deer by night.

The Mundas and Santals were among the other important tribes that lived in this region and also in Orissa and Bengal.

Nomads are wandering people. Many of them are pastoralists who roam from one pasture to another with their flocks and herds.whereas, itinerant groups, such as craftspersons, pedlars and entertainers travel from place to place practising their different occupations.

It is made by Bronze crocodile, Kutiya Kond tribe, Orissa

The Gonds lived in a vast forested region called Gondwana or country inhabited by Gonds. They practised shifting cultivation.

The Ahom state depended upon forced labour. Those forced to work for the state were called paiks.

Vetars and Maravars are the tribes which lived in the extreme South.

Clan A clan is a group of families or households claiming descent from a common ancestor. Tribal organisation is often based on kinship or clan loyalties.

The distant north-eastern part of the subcontinent too was entirely dominated by tribes the Nagas Ahoms and many others.

The emergence of states is closely related to social change amongst tribal people.

The large tribe of Bhils was spread across western and central India. By the late sixteenth century, many of them had become settled agriculturists and some even zamindars. Many Bhil clans, nevertheless, remained huntergatherers.

Society was divided according to the rules of Varna, prescribed by the Brahmans.

In the western Himalaya lived the shepherd tribe of Gaddis.

Each garh was controlled by a particular Gond clan. This was further divided into units of 84 villages called chaurasi. The chaurasi was subdivided into barhots which were made up of 12 villages each.

Gonds were the tribal group of central India.