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Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
In what ways was the history of the Gonds different from that of the Ahoms? Were there any similarities?
The histories of Ahoms and Gonds were different in that while the Gonds were completely annexed by the Mughals, the Ahoms managed to reclaim their independence soon after their annexation. They were similar in the fact that both had risen from being small tribal communities to becoming powerful tribal states that modeled themselves on other centralized kingdoms.
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Fill in the blanks:
(a) The new castes emerging within varnas were called ____________.
(b) ____________ were historical works written by the Ahoms.
(c) The ______________ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.
(d) As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to __________ and ___________.
State whether true or false:
What kinds of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?
How was the administration of the Ahom state organized?
What changes took place in varna-based society?
Were the Banjaras important for the economy?
In what ways was the history of the Gonds different from that of the Ahoms? Were there any similarities?
How did tribal societies change after being organized into a state?
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