Socio-Cultural Changes in Gond Tribal-Culture Brought by Political interventions of Contemporary Bhosle Maratha's of Nagpur. With Special Reference to Gond Kingdoms of Vidarbha, India (PDF)

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2021 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: 80.85%, , course: B A sociology, language: English, abstract: Gond community is considered to be the one of most ancient tribes of India with counting history of several thousand years. With many upheavals of long drawn political history of India it has undergone through multiple changes in its social and cultural orientations. Significantly earlier under rule of Rajputs (as subordinates of Mughals) and later under socio-cultural umbrella of Marathas, Gond tribe of contemporary Gondwana Kingdom experienced dynamic changes in its cultural and social spheres.

This study investigates subsequent changes brought by this Maratha rule with special emphasis on Bhosle's of Nagpur in Vidarbha region of Modern State of Maharashtra in India. We try to understand reasonable causes, historical conditions, socio-political and economic background under which dynamic changes ranging right from philosophy, language, religion to the cultural heritage of Architectures of Gond Culture. Here, through a thorough investigation of available literary evidences
and our appropriate and reasonable logic we also commented on some concepts which are interesting to know about. Overall this study in brief gives idea about changes in social and cultural life on Gond Community after successful establishment and running of Bhosle Rule.