CBSE Class 9 Answered

Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir were great headers of goat and sheep. In the nineteenth century, they shifted to Kashmir in search of pastures for their animals. Steadily, they settled down in the region and moved annually between their high mountains and low hills in search of pasture.

During Winter: As the high mountains were covered with snow, they lived with their herds in the low hills of the Siwalik range. The dry scrub forests here provided pasture for their herds. By the end of April they began their northern march for their summer grazing grounds.

During Summer: The variety of grasses that sprouted on the mountainside after the snow melted provided rich nutritious forage for the animal herds.

By end September the Bakarwals were on the move again, back to their winter base.