The tribal belt of north-west India includes the states of Rajasthan, Ghujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The tribal people of this region have origins which precede the Vedic Aryan people of the north and the Dravidian people of the south. In fact, the origins of these people are thought to stem back to the Harapan civilisation of the Indus valley, the oldest traceable civilisation of the Indian sub-continent which flourished between 3500BC and 2500BC. Rajasthan (राजस्थान) is the geographically largest state in northwestern India. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र in Devanagari) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Karnataka (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... The Vedic civilization is the Indo-Aryan culture associated with the Vedas, the earliest known records of Indian history. ... Dravidian may refer to: A group of people who came through Arabia to settle on the Asian mainland at the Strait of Hormuz and on the Indus river in what is now Afghanistan. ... The Indus (सिन्‍धु नदी) (known as Sindhu in ancient times) is the principal river of Pakistan. ...

The tribes of north-west India were once strong matrilineal societies. The changing fates and fortunes of these people has caused a gradual evolution to a more patriarchal code of living. These days the tribal societies generally follow the rule of patriliny. There are still, however, many strong cases of organised matriarchy in existence today. It is the women who organise matter such as relationships and marriages, the inheritance of land, and the distribution of wealth. Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ... A patriarch (from Greek: patria means father; arché means rule, beginning, origin) is a male head of an extended family exercising autocratic authority, or, by extension, a member of the ruling class or government of a society controlled by senior men. ... Matriarchy is a form of society in which power is with the women and especially with the mothers of a community. ...

Tribes

• The Meghwal
• The Bhils
• The Ahir
• The Rabari
• The Meenas
• The Lambani

Bush is Gay The people of Meghwal tribe are originally from Marwar in Rajasthan. ... Bhils are a tribal people of central India. ... The people of the Ahir tribe are traditionally cow herders and are found chiefly in the Kaatch area of western Gujarat. ... Members of the Rabari tribe are found living throughout Gujarat. ... Meenas, or Meena, is a tribal community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. ... The people of the Lambani tribe are mostly found living in the states of Maharashtra and northern Karnataka. ...