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There was more to rural India than the sedentary in the context of Mughal Period . |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Forest dwellers were called jungli. Their livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting and shifting agriculture. Being jungli did not MEAN and absence of civilization. (II)The livelihood practices of the forest dwellers were season specific. The Bhils collected forest produce in spring, fished in summer. The monsoon months were for cultivationand the autumn and winter for hunting. (iii)Abul Fazl described the trade of hill tribes with traders and the villagers of Awadh (Uttar Pradesh) (iv)They exchanged the forest produce for items like white and coloured cloth, ornaments, glass and earthenware. (v)They sold beeswax, Honey, gum, lac etc. This results in continuous, mobility. (iv)For the state, the forest was a subversive place. At thesane TIME,because of ABUNDANCE cultivable land there was a constant expansion of sedentary agriculture. (vii) There were two types of crop gram, commercial and staple. New source of irrigation were made available canons, reservoirs,nahars, nala etc. (viii) The persian wheelswere used for irrigation. New techniques of agriculture wereadopted. Heterogeneous POPULATION villages. |
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