Question

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

Answer 1

The history of the Gonds was different from that of the Ahoms in the following ways:

• The Gonds lived in a vast forested region called Gondwana. The Ahoms migrated to the Brahmaputra valley from present-day Myanmar in the 13th century.
  
• The Gonds practiced shifting cultivation. The Ahoms did not practice this type of cultivation.
  
• The Gond society was not as much developed as the Ahom's. The Ahoms built a large state by using firearms. They could even make high-quality gunpowder and cannons.
  
• The Ahom society was very sophisticated. Poets and scholars were given land grants. Theatre was encouraged. We do not find these things in the Gond society.
  
• There were many similarities between the Gonds and Ahoms:
  

Both were capable of building large states.

• Both had to face the Mughal attack. Despite their brave defense, both were defeated by the Mughals.
  
• Both of them granted land to the Brahmanas, who became very influential.
  
• We find the administration centralized in the history of the Gonds as well as the Ahoms.