Match the following:

garh                         khel

tanda                      chaurasi

labourer                 caravan

clan                       Garha Katanga

Sib Singh               Ahom state

Durgawati              paik

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The new castes emerging within varnas were called _____________.

(b) _____________ were historical works written by the Ahoms.

(c) The ____________ mentions that Garha Katanga had 70,000 villages.

(d) As tribal states became bigger and stronger, they gave land grants to _________ and ________.

State whether true or false:

(a) Tribal societies had rich oral traditions.

(b) There were no tribal communities in the north-western part of the subcontinent.

(c) The chaurasi in Gond states contained several cities.

(d) The Bhils lived in the north-eastern part of the subcontinent.

What kinds of exchanges took place between nomadic pastoralists and settled agriculturists?

How was the administration of the Ahom state organised?

What changes took place in varna-based society?

How did tribal societies change after being organised into a state?

Were the Banjaras important for the economy?

In what ways was the history of the Gonds different from that of the Ahoms? Were there any similarities?