write about the different types of nomadic herders
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a. Pastoralists were people who reared animals, and moved from place to place in search of green pastures. Some of them moved to combine a range of activities – cultivation, trade and herding – to make their living. Continuous movement of nomadic tribes was considered useful for environment.
b. Pastoral nomadism suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world. Pastoral movement allowed time for the natural restoration of vegetation growth. Pastoralists played a very important role as moving traders For example, The Kurumas and Kurubas reared sheep and goats and sold woven blankets.
c. As pastoral nomadism represents a form of life which is supporting population in a difficult environment.They represent a sustainable approach to life living in close harmony with nature.
d. They were people who reared animals, and moved from place to place in search of green pastures.
e. Pastoralists lived in small villages, in plateaus, in deserts or near the skirt of the woods. They cultivated a small piece of land, Kept herds of cattle, flocks of sheep and goats or herds of camels. We many give example of The Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, the Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh, the Gujjar cattle herders of Garhwal and Kumaon, the Bhotiyas, the Sherpas and Kinnauris etc.
f.They moved between their summer and winter pastures with their herds, sold plough, cattle and other things to farmers in exchange of grain and rice, they also sold milk and ghee, animal skin and wool. For example Banjaras in UP and Rajasthan
For more information on nomadic herders , you may also refer the table:
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a. Pastoralists were people who reared animals, and moved from place to place in search of green pastures. Some of them moved to combine a range of activities – cultivation, trade and herding – to make their living. Continuous movement of nomadic tribes was considered useful for environment.
b. Pastoral nomadism suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world. Pastoral movement allowed time for the natural restoration of vegetation growth. Pastoralists played a very important role as moving traders For example, The Kurumas and Kurubas reared sheep and goats and sold woven blankets.
c. As pastoral nomadism represents a form of life which is supporting population in a difficult environment.They represent a sustainable approach to life living in close harmony with nature.
d. They were people who reared animals, and moved from place to place in search of green pastures.
e. Pastoralists lived in small villages, in plateaus, in deserts or near the skirt of the woods. They cultivated a small piece of land, Kept herds of cattle, flocks of sheep and goats or herds of camels. We many give example of The Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir, the Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh, the Gujjar cattle herders of Garhwal and Kumaon, the Bhotiyas, the Sherpas and Kinnauris etc.
f.They moved between their summer and winter pastures with their herds, sold plough, cattle and other things to farmers in exchange of grain and rice, they also sold milk and ghee, animal skin and wool. For example Banjaras in UP and Rajasthan
For more information on nomadic herders , you may also refer the table:
Features |
Gujjar Bakarwals | The Gaddi | The Dhangars | The Banjaras |
| Movement | Movements governed by the cold and snow. In winters Gujjars move down to the low hills of the Sivalik range. | They also spend their winter on the low Sivalik hills and the summers in Lahul and Spiti | The Dhangars stay in the central plateau of Maharashtra during the monsoon. This is a semi-arid region. | The Banjaras moved to different places in search of good pastures |
| Nature of work | Cattle herders | Shepards | Most of them were shepherds, some were blanket weavers, and still others were buffalo herders. |
Raikas combined cultivation with pastoralism. |
| Area | Jammu and kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Mahrashtra | UP, Rajasthan, Punjab, Mahrashtra |
| Animals |
Goat and sheep | sheep | Buffalos and sheep | Camels, goat and sheep |
| Time of Migration | April and September | April and september | October | October |
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