Social Institutions: Continuity and Change — Sociology STD 12 Humanities — Question

There is no reason to believe that tribes are out of contact with the rest of the world or have always been the oppressed section of the society.This can be said because of the following reasons:

1. There were several Gond kingdoms in central India such as that of Garha Mandla or Chanda.
2. Many of the Rajput kingdoms of central and western India emerged through a betode process of stratification among Adivasi communities themselves.
3. Adivasis often exercised dominance over the plains people through their capacity to raid them and through their services as local militias.
4. They also occupied a special trade niche, trading forest produce, salts and elephants.