Which statement of the movement of pastoral nomads of India in the mountains is wrong?

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The Gujjars Bakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir were great herders of goats and sheep. They moved annually between their summer and winter grazing grounds .

The gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh had a similar cycle of seasonal movement . They too spent their winter in the low hills of the Shiwalik range , grazing their flocks in scrub forest.

This pattern of movement between summers and winter pastures was typical of many pastoral communities of the Himalaya including Bhotiyas ,Sherpas and Kinnauris.

In the summer the Gujjar herders went up to low meadows, the Bugyals, and in winter they came down to the dry forest of Bhabar.

answer is D.

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"In the summer, the Gujjar herders went up to low meadows, the Bugyals, and in winter, they came down to the dry forest of Bhabar" is incorrect. Gujjar herders lived in the high meadows in the winter to save themselves from climate change. Nomadic tribes depend on their animals for their livelihood. They had to struggle for water and pastures for their living. That's why they had to carry everything from one place to another in search of water and pastures for their animals and livelihood.

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