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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL


                                                                                        MINDMAP

                                                STD VII (HISTORY)


                                           MODULE- 22 (page 91 - 94)


                       CH- 7: TRIBES, NOMADS AND SETTLED COMMUNITIES








                                                      MINDMAP


                                              TRIBES, NOMADS AND


                                              SETTLED COMMUNITIES




                        TRIBAL SOCIETIES
            - Do not follow norms laid down by society                    WHO WERE TRIBAL PEOPLE?

            - united by kinship bonds                                     - Information from historians and

            - Dependant on agriculture                                    travels
            - Others were herders or hunter gatherers                     - Many tribes emerged

            - Nomadic Life                                                - Political powerful groups
            - found in almost every region                                - Clan: A clan is group of families

            - preserved their culture and heritage                        or households
            - Clashes between tribes and powerful

            caste-based societies


                                                                        Some of the powerful tribes were -

                                                                             Khokar (Punjab)
                                                                             Langahs and Arghuns (Multan

                                                                               and Sind)
                                                                             Gaddis (Himalaya)
                                                                              Kolis and Berads (Gujurat)
                                                                              Gonds (Madhya Pradesh,
                                                                               Chhatisgarh)
                                                                               Bhil (Central India)
                                                                               Bolachis (North-west)

                                                                               Cheros (Jharkhand and Bihar)
                                                                               Mundas and Santals (Odisha
                                                                               and Bengal)
                                                                               Nagas and Ahoms (North-west)
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