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SAI International School
                                                       Session-2020-21
                                                           Class- VIII
                                                       Subject- History
                             Chapter-4 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
                                        Sub Topic : How did Tribal Groups Live



                                                       MIND MAP


                                                   TRIBALS, DIKUS AND THE VISION OF A GOLDEN AGE





                           INTRODUCTION



             THE TRIBES HAD CUSTOMS AND RITUALS THAT WERE
              VERY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE LAID DOWN BY
              BRAHMAS.
             THEY ALSO DID NOT HAD ANY SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS.
             IN MID-1870S BIRSA WAS BORN IN A FAMILY OF
              MUNDAS-A TRIBAL GROUP THAT LIVED IN
              CHHOTANAGPUR.
             HE IS KNOWN TO OPPOSE BRITISH INTERFERENCE IN THE
              NAME OF ADMINISTRATION IN FOREST AREAS AND




              REVOLTED IN 1895 TILL HIS DEATH IN1900.


                                                     HOW DID TRIBAL GROUPS

                                                            LIVELIVE?

      JHUM CULTIVATORS             HUNTER & GATHERERS              SOME HERDED ANIMALS             SETTLED CULTIVATION





            SHIFTING                    KHONDS OF ORISSA.            THEY LIVED BY                  GONDS AND

            CULTIVATION.                 THEY USE TO HUNT              HERDING AND                    SANTHALS.
            PRACTISED IN THE             COLLECTIVELY.                 REARING ANIMALS.               CULTIVATING THEIR
            HILLY AREAS OF               GATHERED FRUITS              GATHERED FOREST                FIELD IN ONE PLACE,

            NORTH EAST AND                AND ROOTS.                    PRODUCE.                       YEAR AFTER YEAR.
            CENTRAL INDIA.               USE SHRUBS FOR               THEY MOVED WITH                MORE CIVILIZED

            LAND IS FIRST                MEDICINAL                     THEIR HERDS OF                 THAN HUNTERS
            CLEANED AND THEN              PURPOSE.                      CATTLE ACCORDING TO            AND GATHERERS.

            CULTIVATION IS               SOLD FOREST                   THE SEASONS.
            DONE.                         PRODUCE IN LOCAL             THE VAN GUJJARS OF
                                          MARKETS.                      PUNJAB HILLS.
                                                                       THE BAKARWALS OF
                                                                        KASHMIR.
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