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CHAPTER 4
TRIBALS,DIKUS
AND THE
VISION OF A
GOLDEN
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WHO ARE TRIBALS/WHO ARE TRIBES?
•The Tribal societies in India have different customs
and rituals they differ from those laid down by the
Brahmans.
•The tribal societies did not have sharp social
divisions of "upper" and "lower" castes, Unlike the
caste-driven societies of the people in towns and
villages.
•Those belonging to the same tribes share common
ties of kinship, but this did not mean that there
were no social and economic difference within those
tribes.
LIVELIHOOD OF THE TRIBALS
Tribal people in different parts of India by the 19th
century were involved in a variety of activities.
1.TRIBAL CHIEF
•TRIBAL SOCIETY
•LIVELIHOOD OF THE PEOPLE
•JHUM CULTIVATION
•HUNTER-GATHERES
•PASTORALISTS
•SETTLED CULTIVATORS
•IMPACT OF COLONIAL RULE
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