Question

how did the arrival of dhangars in the kokan land benefit the local peasants and the dhangars?

Answer 1

The Dhangars shepherds stayed in the central plateau of Maharashtraaa during the monsoon. This was a semi-arid region with low rainfall and poor soil. It was covered with thorny scrub. Nothing but dry crops like bajra could be sown here. In the monsoon this tract became a vast grazing ground for the Dhangar flocks. By october the Dhangars harvested bajra and started on their move west. After a march of about a month they reached the Konkan. This was a flourishing agricultural tract with high rainfall and rich soil. Here the sheherds were welcomed by the konkani peasants. After the kharif harvest was cut at this.