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List the major economic activities of tribal societies during the pre-colonial and colonial periods.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 27 Apr, 2016, 04:32: PM
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Major economic activities of tribal societies during the pre-colonial and colonial periods:

  1. Hunting and gathering
  2. Practice of shifting cultivation
  3. Rearing and herding of animals
  4. Settled cultivation
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