![]() ![]() ![]() Being engaged in more gainful occupation, the Settled tribes could not always convert their ploughs into swords. ![]() The third fact is that the Settled tribes were greatly handicapped in defending themselves against these raiders. The Nomadic tribes systematically organized raids on the Settled tribes with the object of stealing the wealth belonging to the Settled tribes. But in addition to cattle, they had corn which the Nomadic tribes had not and which they greatly coveted. Like the Nomadic tribes, they had cattle. The Nomadic tribes had come to realise that the Settled tribes were doubly wealthy. It was more paying than a war against other Nomadic tribes. When some tribes became settled, the tribes that remained nomadic found it more advantageous to concentrate their fight against the settled tribes. When all tribes were in a Nomadic state the chief causes for intra-tribal warfare were (1) stealing cattle, (2) stealing women, and (3) stealthily grazing of cattle in the pastures belonging to other tribes. ![]() The second thing to remember is that the tribes were never at peace with one another. Some became settled and some remained nomadic. All tribes did not take to settled life at one and the same time. There was a time when the ancestors of the present day Untouchables were not Untouchables vis-a-vis the villagers but were merely Broken Men, no more and no less, and the only difference between them and the villagers was that they belonged to different tribes. ![]()
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