8th Class Social Science Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank Colonialism and Tribal Societies - Short Notes

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    Settled agriculture

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    Settled agriculture: Some tribes took to settled agriculture though they supplemented their economy with hunting and gathering. They cultivated the same piece of land every year and with the passage of time, they acquired rights over the land. Often the land belonged to the clan as a whole. They all had rights on the land since their ancestors had helped clear the land. They also used ploughs. Like in the advanced societies, often they a chief who was more powerful. Mundas, santhals and gonds were some of the settled tribes. The social and religious organizations of these settled agriculturist tribals was much developed and highly complex. These tribes were considered more civilized by the British.


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