Very Easy
The Gonds were found in great numbers across many states, Name any 2 of them
The Gonds were found in great numbers across present day states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Tribal societies had rich oral traditions.(True/False)
True
Those who were forced to work for the Ahom state were called _______.
paiks
The important words of which language were translated into local language.
Important words of Sanskrit were translated into the local language.
Durgavati was the daughter of which king ?
Durgawati was the daughter of Salbahan, the Rajput Raja of Mahoba.
What is Tanda?
The caravan of the Banjaras was called as Tanda.
The Akbar Nama mentions that Garha Katanga had _________ villages.
70,000
In the reign of Sib Singh, which religion became predominant?
Hinduism
Which was the tribe that spread across western and central India?
The large tribe of Bhils
What was the name of the Gond Raja of Garha Katanga, which king's title did he assume?
Aman Das was the Gond Raja of Garha Katanga, he assumed the title of Sangram Shah.
In a Tanda, there can be as many as 600 to 700 persons.
What were the historical works written by the Ahoms called?
buranjis
Where did the Gonds live and what was it called?
The Gonds lived in a vast forested region called Gondwana or "country inhabited by Gonds"
In Punjab, which tribe was very influential and during which centuries?
The Khokhar tribe was very influential during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Which Emperor wrote a memoir, what did he write in it?
Emperor Jahangir wrote in his memoir that the banjaras carried grains on their bullocks from different areas and sold it in the towns.
Where did large tribes usually live?
They usually lived in forests, hills, deserts and places difficult to reach.
Define jatis
The new castes emerging within varnas were called jatis.
The Ahom's migrated to the Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar in the _________ century.
thirteenth
In which year did Mongol and Turkish tribes united into powerful military force and under which king?
In 1206 Genghis Khan had united Mongol and Turkish tribes into a powerful military force.
What was the name of the English trader who came to India and in which century did he arrive?
Peter Mundy, early 17th century
Define the term clans.
A clan is group of families or households claiming descent from a common ancestor.
How did the state of Garha Katanga earn most of their wealth?
They earned most of their wealth by trapping and exporting wild elephants to other kingdoms.
Define Shifting Cultivation.
Trees and Bushes are first cut and burnt. The crop is sown in the ashes. When this land loses its fertility, another plot of land is cleared and planted in the same way.
What kind of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?
Nomadic pastoralists exchanged wool, ghee, etc., for grain, cloth, utensil and other products.
Briefly explain what Peter Mundy described about the Banjaras when he came to India.
Peter Mundy told that, In the morning he met a Tanda of Banjaras with 14,000 oxen. They were heavily loaded with grains like wheat and rice, He told that these Banjaras carried household- wives and children along with them. He also told that one Tanda had many families. Their way of living is similar to the carriers who are nomads. they own their oxen. Sometimes they are hired by merchants, most often they are themselves merchants. They buy grain for cheap and carry it to other places. then they again put things which can be profitably sold in other places on their oxen. In a Tanda, there can be as many as 6 or 700 persons. they don't travel more than 6 or 7 miles in a day. After unloading their oxen, they turn them free to graze as there is enough land here, and no one there to prohibit them.