Question

essay on tribal occupation​

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The major followed occupation of the tribal people was agriculture. But there were also hunter-gatherers or herders. Most often they combined these activities to make full use of the natural resources of the area in which they lived. Some tribes were nomadic moving from one place to another.

A tribal group controlled land and pastures jointly and divided these amongst household as per its own rules. These group of tribal people were found in almost every region of the subcontinent. The Khokhar tribe was influential during the 13th and 14th centuries, in Punjab.

Much later, the Gakkars became more powerful. In Multan and Sind, the Langahs and Arghuns dominated much of the extensive regions. The Balochis were another large and powerful tribe in the north-west. The Gaddi Shepherds lived in the western Himalayas. The Nahas Ahoms and many others lived in the distant north-eastern part of the subcontinent.