Correct answer: (d) Traders
Explanation
- A
Agriculturists
Agriculturists. Banjaras were not primarily settled cultivators. This letter is not the key.
- B
Warriors
Warriors. They could be armed on the road, but their social-economic identity in medieval sources is as carriers and traders. This letter is not the key.
- C
Weavers
Weavers. Textile communities are a different occupational group. This letter is not the key.
- D
Traders
Traders. Banjaras (Lambadas) moved grain, salt and other goods with pack-oxen for armies and markets across medieval India. That stored letter is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) traders. Medieval Banjaras were nomadic transporters and traders, not a cultivating, warrior or weaving caste as the primary label. Honour the stored letter (d).
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