Settled Cultivation


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Settled Cultivation

Settled Cultivation: Many from within the tribal groups has begun settling down, and cultivating their fields in one place year after year, instead of moving from place to place.

Features of settled cultivation

  • Many tribal groups had begun to settle down instead of moving from place. They began to use the plough and gradually got rights over the land they lived on.
  • Few tribes such as Mundas considered the clan rights over land and assumed the land to be belonged to the whole clan.
  • British officials saw settled tribal groups like the Gonds and Santhals as more civilized than hunter-gatherers or shifting cultivators.
  • Extraction of huge revenue was also done from the tribals and in case of non-payment of revenue their lands were taken away and it became the reason of discord.
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