Question
Who were Gonds? What were their occupations?

Answer

Gonds were the tribal group of Central India. They lived in a vast forested region called Gondwana.Country inhabited by Gonds:
  • They were agriculturists; some of them practised shifting agriculture.
  • They were subdivided into smaller clans and each clan had its own Raja or Rai.
  • Gond kingdoms were beginning to become powerful at the time of decline of Delhi Sultanate. Akbar Nama mentions the Garha Katanga tribe covering 70,000 villages.

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