Who were banjaras what role they play in mutual
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The most important trader-nomads were the Banjaras. Their caravan was known as tanda. Sultan Alauddin Khalji used the Banjaras for transporting grain to the city markets. The memoirs of Jahangir reveal that the Banjaras carried grain on their bullocks from different areas and sold it in towns. During Mughal campaigns, they transported food grain. When the campaign had large armies, the number of bullocks carrying grain could be as high as ten thousand!
Many pastoral tribes reared and sold animals like horses and cattle, to the prosperous people. Different castes of petty pedlars who travelled from village to village; made and sold wares such as ropes, reeds, straw matting and coarse sacks. At times, mendicants acted as wandering merchants. There were castes of entertainers who performed in various towns and villages for earning their bread and butter.