Explain any five features of the life of the Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh
1. In the areas of the mountains the Gaddi shepherd of Himachal Pradesh had also a cycle of seasonal movement.
2. They too spent their winter in the low hills of Siwalik range, grazing their flocks in scrub forests.
3. By April the moved north and spent the summer in Lahul and Spiti.
4. When the snow melted and high passes were clear, many of them on to higher mountain meadows.
5. By September they began their return movement. On the way they stopped once again in the village of Laul and Spiti, reaping their summer harvest and sowing their winter crops.
6. Then they descended with their flock to their winter grazing ground in the Siwalik Hills.
