Tribes, Nomads And Settled Communities — Social Studies STD 7 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesTribes, Nomads And Settled Communities3 Marks
Question
Who were Gonds? What were their occupations?
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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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