Identify the occupation for the people of Neithal

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  1. Digging the tuber
  2. Salt production
  3. Weeding
  4. cattle lifting 

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Option 2 : Salt production
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The correct answer is Salt production.

Key Points

  • Thinai (tract)-based Sangam Society
  • The land form was divided into five thinais (eco-regions).
Thinai Landscape Occupation People Deity
Kurinji Hilly region Hunting /gathering Kuravar/kurathiyar Murugan
Mullai Forest region Herding Aayar/aaichiyar Maayon
Marutham Riverine track 
(plains)
Agriculture Uzhavan/uzhathiyar Indiran
Neithal Coastal region Fishing/saltmaking Parathavar Varunan
Palai Parched land Heroic deeds Maravar/Marathiyar Kotravai

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