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| '''Nishadha''', '''Nishaad''' or '''Nishad''' was an indigenous tribe inhabiting ], according to sources in ]. The Nishadha people have been described in ] and ]. | |||
| ==Description in Ramayana== | |||
| The main profession of Nishaads were hunting the birds. When A Nishaad killed one bird from a pair the other bird was crying and that inspired Valmiki to write the love story of Rama and Sita known as Ramayana<ref>Ramayana by Valmiki, Geeta press publication, Gorakhpur, India</ref>. In Ramayana the king of Nishaad named Guh was a very close friend of Rama. He helps Rama and Sita to cross Ganges river. | |||
| ==Description in Mahabharata== | |||
| The ] speaks of Nishaad (or Shabara) as forest hunters<ref>The Cultural Process in India by Irawati Karve, Vol. 51, Oct., 1951 (Oct., 1951), pp. 135-138</ref>. | |||
| ==Description by Indo-Aryans== | |||
| The ] peoples of ancient India's ] saw the Nishadhas as uncivilized and barbarian peoples. Nishadha's did not follow the ], and were involved in a number of wars with Indo-Aryan kingdoms. | |||
| ==Music== | |||
| In Indian music, Nishad is the seventh note (]) of the octave. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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