Which of the following is correct in respect of the term 'jangli' when used in medieval India?

The term described those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting, and shifting agriculture.

The correct answer is Option 1 - The term describes those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting, and shifting agriculture.

Forests and Tribes in 16th-17th centuries:

Forest dwellers were termed jangli in contemporary texts. Being jangli, however, did not mean an absence of “civilisation”, as popular usage of the term today seems to connote. Rather, the term described those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting and shifting agriculture. These activities were largely season specific. Among the Bhils, for example, spring was reserved for collecting forest produce, summer for fishing, the monsoon months for cultivation, and autumn and winter for hunting. Such a sequence presumed and perpetuated mobility, which was a distinctive feature of tribes inhabiting these forests.