NCERT Class 7 social studies History Our Past II Seventh Chapter TRIBES, NOMADS AND SETTLED COMMUNITIES Exercise Question Solution.
1) Match the following :
Garh——–Chaurasi.
Tanda——- Caravan.
Labourer—–Paik.
Clan———— Khel.
Sib singh——- Ahom state.
Durgawati—— Garha Katanga.
2) fill in the blanks :
a> jatis
b> Buraryis.
c> Akbar Nama
d> Temples, Brahmanas.
3) True or False :
a>T, b> F, c> F, d> F
4) The exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists were wool, ghee etc. with settled agriculturists for grain, cloth, utensils and other products.
5) The Ahom state administration was organized in different ways. A lots of census of the population was taken. A huge number of paiks has been send to the each villages by rotation. People of the Ahom state were shifted to thinly populated areas instead of densely populated areas.
6) In Vama-based society, the changes are given below :
a> Among the kashatriyas the new Rajput clans became powerful
b> Specialised artisans such as smiths, carpenters and masons were also recognized as separate by the Brahmanas.
c> many dominant tribes of Punjab, sind and the North-west Frontier had adopted Islam. They continued to reject the caste-system.
d> jatis rather than vama because the basis for organizing society.
7> In the many ways, the tribal society has been changed after being organized into a state, the following examples are given below :
a> The Gond Society : The emergence of large states changed the nature of Gond
society. Their basically equalsociety gradually got divided into unequal social classes.Brahmanas received land grants from the Gond rajas and became more influential. The Gond chiefs now wished to be recognised as Rajputs. So, Aman Das, the Gond raja of Garha Katanga, assumed the title of Sangram Shah. His son, Dalpat, married princess Durgawati, the daughter of
Salbahan, the Chandel Rajput raja of Mahob.
b> The Ahom society : Ahom society was divided into clans or khels. There were very few castes of artisans, so artisans in the Ahom areas came from the adjoining kingdoms. A khel often controlled several villages. The peasant was given land by his village community. Even the king could not take it away without the community’s consent. Originally, the Ahoms worshipped their own tribal
gods. During the first half of the seventeenth century, however, the influence of Brahmanas increased. Temples and Brahmanas were granted land by the
king. In the reign of Sib Singh (1714-1744), Hinduism became the predominant religion. But the Ahom kings did not completely give up their traditional
beliefs after adopting Hinduism.
8) The Banjaras were the most important tradernomads. Their caravan was called tanda. Sultan Alauddin Khalji used the Banjaras to transport grain to the city markets. Emperor Jahangir wrote in his memoirs that the Banjaras carried grain on their bullocks from different areas and sold it in towns. They transported food grain for the Mughal army during military campaigns. With a large army
there could be 100,000 bullocks carrying grain.
9) In many ways, the history of the Gonds different from the Ahoms. They’re given below :
a> The gonds practiced shifting cultivation. The Ahoms did not practice this type of cultivation. The Ahoms did not practice this type of cultivation.
b> The ahom society was very sophisticated. Poets and scholars were given land grants. Theatre was encouraged.
The similarities are given below :
a> Both of them granted land to the Brahmanas, who became very influential.
b> Both had to face Mughal attack.