How can we say that adivasis were not always the oppressed groups?
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There were several Gond kingdoms in Central India such as that of Garha Mandla, or Chanda.
Many of the so-called Rajput kingdoms of central and western India actually emerged through a process of stratification among adivasi communities themselves.
Adivasis often exercised dominance over the plains people through their capacity to raid them, and through their services as local militias.
They also occupied a special trade niche, trading forest produce, salt and elephants