Answer:
Major Features of the Tribal Societies:
(i) Members of each tribe were united by kinship bonds.
(ii) Many tribes obtained their livelihood from agriculture.
(iii) Others were hunter-gatheres or herders.
(iv) Some tribes were nomadic and moved from one place to another.
(v) A tribal group controlled land and pastures jointly, and divided these amongst households according to its own rules.
(vi) Many large tribes evolved in different parts of the subcontinent. They usually lived in forests, hills, deserts and places difficult to reach. Sometimes they clashed with the more powerful caste-based societies.
(vii) The tribes retained their freedom and preserved their separate culture. (Any four)
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