Name: The Gonds: From Forest Tribes to an Organised Kingdom
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 27 s
Description: The tribal people of Gondwana shifted from a loose collection of tribes into a wealthy centralised kingdom with a rigid caste system. But how long would it last?

Question

Write short notes on-

(i) Rani Durgavati

(ii) Banjaras

(iii) Life in an Ahom village.

Accepted Answer

(i) One of the prominent personalities of the Gonds was Rani Durgavati: After the death of her husband, she began to rule as the director of her minor son. She refused the offer of Akbar to accept his overlordship. She died fighting for the cause of her kingdom.

(ii) Banjaras can be called nomadic or travelling traders: They migrated with their families in big groups. Current records tell us that they transported grain from villages to towns on bullock carts. They also bred and sold animals such as horses and cattle to people of the towns they visited.

(iii) The Ahom village community was very strong: It allotted land to farmers based on their needs. The farmers cultivated food crops, particularly rice, on their land. People lived in houses made of bamboo, which was available locally. In the eighteenth century, some Ahoms accepted Hinduism as their religion.

Write short notes on-

(i) Rani Durgavati

(ii) Banjaras

(iii) Life in an Ahom village.

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