Write a brief note on settled cultivation
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It was done on small patches of land, mostly in forests. The cultivators cut the treetops to allow sunlight to reach the ground. They burnt the vegetation on the land to clear it for cultivation. Once the crop was ready and harvested, they moved to another field and left that field fallow for several years.
Explanation:
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Those who practiced settled cultivation had varying degrees of contact with neighboring peasants
and castes.
Settled agriculture is practiced by a majority of tribal population in middle, western and southern regions of the country.
It is the primary source of subsistence for them. However, the technique of cultivation practiced by the tribes is generally simple. The tribes having a tradition of agriculture are being increasingly drawn into the
• economic,
• social,
• political network of the wider society.