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Ancestral domain or ancestral lands are the lands, territories and resources of indigenous peoples, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The term differs from indigenous land rights, Aboriginal title or Native Title by directly indicating relationship to land based on ancestry, while domain indicates relationships beyond material lands and territories, including spiritual and cultural ...
The Mian (Urdu: میاں) is a Pakistani Punjabi noble Arain family who were the owner of Ishaqpura region, the territory where the Mughal Empire wanted to build a Garden named as Shalimar in Lahore. Historical background
During the Mughal Empire, as well as the British rule, zamindars were the land-owning nobility of the Indian subcontinent [1] and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs. [2] Most of the big zamindars belonged to the Hindu high-caste, usually Brahmin, Bhumihar, Kayastha and ...
The 1997 IPRA Law defines ancestral domains as "areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present ...
The rugged, arid terrain limited agricultural productivity, encouraging migration in search of more fertile lands. This expansion led Kakazai clans eastward into areas such as Sindh, Punjab, and Kashmir, driven by the need for agricultural land, trade, and population pressures. [1]
A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement.
The distinction between nation and land is like the French people versus the land of France, the Māori people versus the land of Aotearoa, or the Saami people versus the land of Sápmi (Saamiland). For example, the traditional territory of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation is called Waaziija, meaning "the Grand Pinery."
A teip's ancestral land was thus held as sacred, because of its close link to teip identity. It was typically marked by clan symbols, including the clan cemetery, tower, and sanctuary. [3] Land being scarce in mountainous Ingushetia and Chechnya, after the feudal system was overthrown, each teip claimed a definite area of land. [4]