Question

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

similarities?

Answer 1

(i) Gonds lived in a vast forested region called Gondwana while the Ahoms migrated to the

Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar.

(ii) Gonds practiced shifting cultivation while the Ahoms don't.

(iii) Gonds were completely annexed by Mughal empire while the Ahoms got defeated by the

Mughals but direct control over the region could not last long.

Similarties:

(i) In both have administration was centralised.

(ii) Both were smaller tribe who grew annexed neighbouring small societies and got power.

(iii) Both the societies were divided into clans or jatis.