Question

Write a note on Gond society​

Answer 1

Gonds are one of the largest tribal groups in the world.

They are mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.

Gonds are subdivided into four tribes:

Raj Gonds

Madia Gonds

Dhurve Gonds

Khatulwar Gonds

Their staple food is two kinds of millet: kodo and kutki.

Rice is mostly consumed during festival feasts.

Gonds believe that earth, water and air are ruled by Gods.

They majorly speak Gondi which is an unwritten language of the Dravidian family.

It has been notified as a Scheduled Tribe.

Source: TH

Answer 2

Explanation:

note on Gond society⤵️

The Gonds

• The Gonds lived in a vast forested region known as Gondwana and they practised shifting cultivation. The large Gond tribe was divided into many other smaller clans and were built near a mountain or river which were later fortified with dense forests. Of each large Gond tribe was divided and had different raja or rai.

• A few large Gond kingdoms were beginning to dominate the smaller Gond chiefs about the time when Delhi Sultans were declining. Garha Katanha, a rich state with about 70,000 villages, was mentioned in Akbar Nama. It was the rich state that has earned huge amount of wealth by trapping and selling elephants. It had a large booty of precious coins.