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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 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]
When Kashmir was sold to Gulab Singh the descendants of raja Jambu Lochan moved to Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Potohar, and other areas.It is said that they were in fact four brothers who moved from Kashmir to these areas (today these areas are Rawalpindi (Naizian, Sagri, Pagh, Sahang, Mastala, Adhi, Chak rajgan, Natha Chatar, Daultala, Nata, Dhokabdal, Mora Nori(karsal - doke rajganetc.)
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 ...
Ancestral lands, as stated in the law, refer to "lands occupied, possessed and utilized by individuals, families and clans who are members of the ICCs/IPs since time immemorial, by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest, under claims of individual or traditional group ownership, continuously, to the present even when interrupted ...
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.
Each clan is spiritually connected to their own particular ancestral homeland place (wanga), and being the traditional custodians are responsible for the care and management of their wanga. Living in their own lands make people feel happy and brings the relationship of the land, its people and their ancestors together." [35]
Today, much of the available land, apart from areas reserved for wildlife conservation and environmental protection, is under cultivation. Unable to access their ancestral lands and practise traditional cultural and economic activities, the Batwa now perceive their pottery as an expression of their identity.