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What do the Gujjar Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir primarily herd?
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?
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?
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?
What did the mountainsides look like with the onset of summer?
When did the Bakarwals begin their downward journey back to their winter base?
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 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 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 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 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?
What did the herds of the Bakarwals do when the high mountains were covered with snow?
