Question

Short Answer Type Question:

How did the tribal people earn their livelihood?

Answer 1

The main occupation of the tribal people was agriculture. But there were also hunter-gatherers or herders. Most often they combined these activities to make full use of the natural resources of the area in which they lived. Some tribes were nomadic moving from one place to another.
A tribal group controlled land and pastures jointly and divided these amongst households as per its own rules.