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Describe why the Konkani peasants welcome the Dhangars?

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(i) By October the Dhangars harvested their bajra and started their move in west.
(ii) After a march of about a month they reach Konkan.
(iii) This was a flourishing agricultural tract with high rainfall and rich soil.
(iv) Here the shepherds were welcomed by Konkani peasants.
(v) After the kharif harvest was cut at this time, the field had to be fertilised and made ready for the rabi harvest.
(vi) Dhangar flocks manured the fields and fed on stubble.
(vii) The Konkan peasants also give supplies of rice which the shepherds took back to the plateau where grain was scarce.
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