rade between the hill tribes and the plains, c. 1595

This is how Abul Fazl describes the transactions between the hill tribes and the plains in the suba of Awadh (part of present-day Uttar Pradesh):

From the northern mountains quantities of goods are carried on the backs of men, of stout ponies and of goats, such as gold, copper, lead, musk, tails of the kutas cow (the yak), honey, chuk (an acid composed of orange juice and lemon boiled together), pomegranate seed, ginger, long pepper, majith (a plant producing a red dye) root, borax, zedoary (a root resembling turmeric), wax, woollen stuffs, wooden ware, hawks, falcons, black falcons, merlins (a kind of bird), and other articles. In exchange they carry back white and coloured cloths, amber, salt, asafoetida, ornaments, glass and earthem ware.

Questions:

(i)    How were the goods transported from the hills to the plains?

(ii)    Name the items they sold and the items the hill people bought from plains to take back.

(iii)    Mention the cultural influences that penetrated into the forest areas.

(iv)    Why did the Mughal state intrude into the forest areas? Explain.