A History of Agriculture in India v1.c13.s3.4

v1.c13.s3.4

"The forest provides them not only with the major sources of food but almost all their material requirements. The communal huts and temporary shelters are made from forest products. Other articles of their use—boats, weapons, their scanty body covering, decorative material and medicinal items—are all derived from forest products. Roots, stalks, bark fibres, stems, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers—every part of the tree is used.