The Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir

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What do the Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir primarily herd?

Pigs and chickens

Camels and horses

Cows and buffaloes

Goat and sheep (correct)

Where did the Gujjar Bakarwals live with their herds in winter?

High mountains covered with snow

Valley of Kashmir

Low hills of the Siwalik range (correct)

Pir Panjal passes

What did the Bakarwals do with the onset of summer?

Migrated to a different region

Began their northern march for their summer grazing grounds (correct)

Moved to the Pir Panjal passes

Stayed in the low hills of the Siwalik range

What did the mountainsides look like with the onset of summer?

Lush green with variety of grasses Signup and view all the answers

When did the Bakarwals begin their downward journey back to their winter base?

End of September Signup and view all the answers

What prompted the migration of the Gujjar Bakarwals to Jammu and Kashmir in the nineteenth century?

In search of pastures for their animals. Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the group of households that comes together for the annual northern march of the Bakarwals?

Kafila. Signup and view all the answers

What did the dry scrub forests in the low hills of the Siwalik range provide for the Bakarwals' herds in winter?

Pasture. Signup and view all the answers

What did the Bakarwals find in the valley of Kashmir with the onset of summer?

Lush green mountainsides with a variety of grasses. Signup and view all the answers

What did the herds of the Bakarwals do when the high mountains were covered with snow?

Grazed in the low hills. Signup and view all the answers

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What do the Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir primarily herd?

Where did the Gujjar Bakarwals live with their herds in winter?

What did the Bakarwals do with the onset of summer?

What did the mountainsides look like with the onset of summer?

When did the Bakarwals begin their downward journey back to their winter base?

What prompted the migration of the Gujjar Bakarwals to Jammu and Kashmir in the nineteenth century?

What is the term used to describe the group of households that comes together for the annual northern march of the Bakarwals?

What did the dry scrub forests in the low hills of the Siwalik range provide for the Bakarwals' herds in winter?

What did the Bakarwals find in the valley of Kashmir with the onset of summer?

What did the herds of the Bakarwals do when the high mountains were covered with snow?

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