Answer:
(i) Forest dwellers were termed jangli in contemporary texts. However, the term jangli did not mean an absence of ?civilization?. (ii) The term used for those whose, livelihood came from the hunting and shifting agriculture and gathering of forest produce. These activities were season specific. (iii) This sequence presumed and perpetuated mobility, which was a significant feature of tribes inhabiting these forests. On the other hand for the state, the ?forest was a place? of refuge (mawas) for trouble makers. (iv) For example among the Bhils spring was reserved for collecting forest produce, summer for fishing, monsoon for cultivation, and winter and autumn for hunting.
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