DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the medieval period, Adivasi and nomadic communities like the Banjaras traded animals like elephants and other commodities like hides, horns, silk cocoons, ivory, bamboo, spices, fibres, grasses, gums and resins.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. Answer: In India, the trade in forest products was not new. From the medieval period onwards, we have records of adivasi communities trading elephants and other goods like hides, horns, silk cocoons, ivory, bamboo, spices, fibres, grasses, gums and resins through nomadic communities like the Banjaras.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adivasis means original inhabitants or communities who lived and often continue to live close to forests. Around 8 per cent of India’s population is Adivasi. Adivasis are not a homogeneous population, and there are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India.