Most of the tribes kept written records
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Explanation:
- Disparities in society
- Tribal societies
- Diffrent tribes
As the rise and fall of various kingdoms was happening, new arts, crafts and production activities flourished in towns and villages. There were changes in the economic, political and social scenario over the centuries. But the changes in the social aspects were not the same everywhere. This is because different societies evolved differently.
Disparity: Already the society was divided according to the rules of varna in large parts of the subcontinent. These rules were prescribed by the Brahamanas and accepted by the rulers of large kingdoms. The gap between the high and low, and rich and poor, widened. This hierarchy between social classes grew further under the Delhi Sultans and the Mughals.
Tribes
Tribal Societies: The social rules and rituals prescribed by the Brahamanas were not followed by many societies. Nor were these societies divided into numerous unequal classes. We call such societies tribes. Members of each tribe had kinship bonds amongst them.
Occupation of Tribes: Some of the tribes were engaged in agriculture for their livelihood. Others were hunter-gatherers or herders. Since agriculture was seasonal in nature, they made maximum use of the natural resources by often combining both these.
Some tribes were nomadic i.e. they were not settled at a place. A tribal group controlled land and pastures jointly which were divided among households according to its own rules. Many large tribes which thrived in different parts of the subcontinent usually lived in forests, hills, deserts and places which were inaccessible. Sometimes the tribes clashed with the more powerful caste-based societies. They retained their freedom in many ways and preserved their separate culture.