Question

difference between ahoms and gonds

Answer 1

The Ahom people

The Ahoms belonged to Tai –  Mongoloid people who migrated to Assam from Yunan province of China.The Ahoms established their kingdom in Assam under King Sukaphaa in 1228.They spoke Assamese language.Ahoms preached their tribal gods but later due to change of time, they adopted to Hinduism

The Gond people

In Akbarnama, chronicle of Mughal emperor  Akbar 's reign, refer the Gond Kingdom as Garh KatangaThey lived in vast forested region called GondwanaThey are known as the largest tribe having around 70,000 villages in IndiaThey spoke Gondi language, which is more similar to Telugu languageThey also spoke Dravidian and Indo – Aryan languagesThey followed clan worship and also prayed to Mahadev

Answer 2

Differences between Ahoms and Gonds:-

1) Ahoms were the migrants of the Brahmaputra Valley from present day Myanmar and Yunnan Province of China. They originally belonged to Tai-Mongoloid breed. While the Gonds were not migrants. They lived in vast forested region called Gondwana.

2) Ahoms expanded their rule by wedging war against the kingdoms of various tribes. While Gonds were influenced by the Rajputs. In order to gain power and recognition, they had marriage alliances with Rajputs.